The Galapagos Islands

If you do not know what the Galapagos Islands - Pacific archipelago, which is located along the equator away from continental Ecuador. World uniqueness of this archipelago lies in its fauna and flora. Let it be known that it was the Galapagos Islands made Charles Darwin think about the origin of species.


Galapagos Islands - National Park, which is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is worth noting that the coastal waters of the island declared a marine reserve.

Definitely Galapagos - the world's largest nature reserve. Here you'll see nature appears in its pristine original glory.



By the way, the name of the archipelago came from the word "Galapago" that can be translated from Spanish as "turtle". In these amazing places inhabited by several species of giant tortoises that are longer than a meter and a weight of 200 pounds at times.



In these marvelous islands live 900 species of animals and plants. More interesting is that 29% of birds and 90% of reptiles that inhabit the Galapagos, are endemic, ie more they are nowhere to be found. Only here you can treat yourself to a contemplation of the marine iguana, which is able to dive, swim and feed on algae, only here you can find the cormorant, which is due to the lack of predators stopped flying and only then people can see the penguins living on the equator!



Here everything and bizarre nature and animals, and climate. Galapagos archipelago is famous for its mild climate, which he is obliged to Peru Current - all year around here the temperature is in the aisles of + 22-24 ° C.



If you are the fans of diving, the Galapagos Islands - the best place for this activity.

Each inhabitant of the Earth, we wish to visit the Galapagos Islands - natural splendor, beauty and just unique places.