Celebrate Earth Day with Responsible Tourism
This Earth Day (22 April), Exodus Travels is sharing tips from its in-house travel experts in order to help people support our planet when they travel, ensuring that all travellers…
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This Earth Day (22 April), Exodus Travels is sharing tips from its in-house travel experts in order to help people support our planet when they travel, ensuring that all travellers…
The first ship ever designed exclusively for the Galapagos Islands, Celebrity Flora, just introduced another enticing industry first: Galapagos glamping; a once-in-a-lifetime camping experience on the top deck…
Celebrity Cruises has collaborated with Galapagos National Park to plant more than 30,000 trees on Santa Cruz Island, in Los Gemelos, with the aim of conserving the pristine archipelago that…
One of the most remote and wonderful archipelagos in the world, the Galapagos islands were unknown until Charles Darwin paid a flying visit on the HMS Beagle in 1835.
The islands were actually discovered by the Bishop of Panama, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, some three hundred years earlier, but it was Darwin’s arrival and his subsequent Origins of the Species which gave the island international repute.
The 21 islands (18 major) straddling the Equator are part of Ecuador. They also are home to a vast array of species endemic to the islands.
The giant tortoise is perhaps the most famous of the islands inhabitants, although frigate birds, blue footed boobies and sea iguana are equally wonderful. It was the mockingbird that inspired Darwin’s theory. With no predator, except for man, these creatures tend to laze around all day, and a stroll along one of the protected islands’ paths often involves dodging a crowing bird or two. Truly an unmissable experience.