The chance to live on a boat for 6 days cruising around the Galapagos Islands was anticipated by many to be one of the highlights of their South American Odyssey. And judging from the smiles on the faces that returned, it more than lived up to those expectations!
An early morning flight from Quito to the islands, an action packed program of boat trips, beach landings and snorkelling, great guides, a comfortable boat, sunshine and warm weather, and of course the fantastic and unique wildlife for which the islands are so famous – what more could you want?
We’ll let the photos (just some of the thousands taken) speak for themselves… Thanks to Steve & Karen, Sue, Tony, Anthony, Francois and Lisa for letting me show off their photos on here!
But first... a quiz! What animal is this? (The answer is at the end of this blog)
An early morning flight from Quito to the islands, an action packed program of boat trips, beach landings and snorkelling, great guides, a comfortable boat, sunshine and warm weather, and of course the fantastic and unique wildlife for which the islands are so famous – what more could you want?
We’ll let the photos (just some of the thousands taken) speak for themselves… Thanks to Steve & Karen, Sue, Tony, Anthony, Francois and Lisa for letting me show off their photos on here!
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| The "Darwin" group |
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| Odyssey on the Galapagos |
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| The islands |
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| What am I? |
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| Albatross |
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| Blue-footed Booby - attract their females by dancing, unfortunately the females are more interested in the colour of their feet when choosing a partner |
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| Blue-footed Booby |
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| Blue-footed Booby |
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| Nazca Booby |
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| Male frigate bird |
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| Male frigate bird in flight |
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| Red-footed Booby |
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| Blue-footed Booby |
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| Nazca Booby |
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Brown Pelican coming in to land |
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| American Oystercatcher |
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| American Oystercatchers on patrol |
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| Swallow-tail Gull - the only bird to feed at night, thus avoiding competition from the frigate birds |
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| Swallow-tail Gull and chick |
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| Female frigate bird |
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| Frigate in flight |
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| Marine iguanas - special adaptations to their tails allow them to swim |
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| Marine iguana |
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| Land iguana - yellow colouration comes from the yellow flowers they eat |
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| A smug iguana... |
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| Our nature guide |
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| Jane & Colin |
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| Terry & Lesley |
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| Jeanne & Mikkel |
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| Francois |
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| Robin |
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| Steve & Karen |
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| Turtle |
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| Fish (yellow-tailed surgeon fish to be more specific) |
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| Starfish |
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| Schools of fish |
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| Turtle |
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| Fish |
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| And more fish |
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| Eagle Ray |
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| Playful and curious sea lions |
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| Our old friend the turtle again |
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| Anthony |
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| Sue & Lisa |
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| Sea lions on the beach |
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| Robin meets his match? |
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| Jane |
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| Lisa |
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| Sea lion pup |
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| Francois |
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| Sue & Heather |
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| Some of the group, with the boat in the background - Geoff, Karen, Steve, Terry, Ken, Heather, Robin & Lesley |
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| On the beach |
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| The Darwin |
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| The Encantada |
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| A busy program! |
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| Writing postcards at Post Office Bay - find one near you back home and take it with you to deliver! |
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| Volcanic landscape |
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| Eagle Rays, mating in the surf |
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| Sally Lightfoot Crabs |
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| The famous Galapagos Tortoise |
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| Sunrise, sunset, all stunning |
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| Tony - undecided as to which camera to use! |
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| Lisa going for the money shot |
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| Steve in action |
PS - the answer is... a Brown Pelican with so much fish in its beak that it couldn't take off again!
