TRAVEL AND TOURS

Giving yourself to the sea and its eternal swing to discover the enigmas of a volcanic archipelago, in which thousands of giant turtles live, with iguanas of prehistoric origin "bathing in the sun" in cliffs and birds of lively colors or tenebrous plumage, that do not get tired of flying, excited by the wind.

Its magnificent landscaping wealth and the great variety of its flora and fauna make the Galapagos Islands - located more than 950 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador- an obsession and an inescapable destination for the explorers and travellers that yearn getting closer with nature.

This archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, considered like an outdoors laboratory of nature has 125 islands (only five are inhabited) and small barren islands of volcanic origin, that have emerged from the bottom of the sea about 3 to 5 million years back. Its total surface is of 8,009 square kilometers , 97% of which is part the National Park Galapagos. It was in these islands, discovered in 1535 by the Spanish clergyman Fray Tomas de Berlanga, where the famous naturalist Charles Darwin found the basis that sustained the theories of his revolutionary theory about the origin of the species, of which he wrote a book published in 1859, 24 years after the author disembarked for the first time in Galapagos.

Galapagos islands and its exotic natural enchantment is a place that invites you to the adventures pose by discovery and investigation and to the joy of seeing nature as you have never seen it before.

ATTRACTIONS

The marine gentle wind, the cawing of the birds and perhaps the distant roar of a sea lion, will become frequent companions in your excursions to the Galapagos.

In the archipelago there are 54 points that can be visited by the tourists, but they have to do it in the presence of an official guide. To sail, to disembark and to walk, that is the mechanics to know these islands of the Pacific, it offers travellers the possibility to enter in contact with diverse species that that don't have any fear of men because of the lack of predators.

SURROUNDINGS

Diving: Whoever arrives to Galapagos, should take advantage of the opportunity to submerge in the sea, to be near some of the 307 species of fish that live in it.. These "close encounters" include rays, manta rays and sharks, but visitors are given instructions that will protect them.

There are appropriate places for diving with snorkel: Gruta de los Osos Marinos (adventure in which you will be accompanied by sea bears), the Roca del Pinaculo (you will be able to see tropical fish and groups of penguins hunting in the waters) and the Corona del Diablo (if you are lucky, young sea lions will swim by your side).