“The natural history of these islands is eminently curious, and well deserves attention.” Quote from Charles Darwin on the photo to the left below (1845). Smart guy that Charles, as most who have ventured to the Galapagos Islands since his initial discovery in 1835 – just one stop on his five year voyage on warship…
On your trip to the Galapagos you are going to see sea lions everywhere, dolphins if you are lucky. They are a big hit on Puerto Ayora at the fish stand (two blocks from center towards the Darwin Center) where they hound fishermen for scraps. If you don’t believe you will see sea lions everywhere,…
Two popular locations in the Galapagos Islands to see marine iguanas that are endemic to the islands and found nowhere else on earth are La Loberia Nature Reserve on San Cristobal Island and Tortuga Bay on Santa Cruz Island. The area where the beach meets sand dunes are nesting grounds and you will see signs…
Ok, maybe the below is a bit of an irreverent depiction of these snazzy, colorful crustaceans, but sitting at a computer most days for many hours of the day makes me a bit snippy at times; gotta have a little fun every now and then 🙂 And these guys and gals were a bit snippy,…
The Land Iguana Resoration Center on Puerto Ayora is at the large complex known as the Charles Darwin Research Center. As you walk behind the museum, then through the maze of wood planked pathways over controlled habitat of the Center for Land Tortoises, on the other side is the Land Iguana Center. The history of…