Traveling can be both exciting and educational on a Galapagos Cruise. Seeing the Galapagos up close guarantees a look at an incredibly unique and diverse biological world, a world somewhat untouched by human capability for destruction. This vacation cruise offers the sun, the fun and the amazing ecological diversity of one of the most remote places on earth.
More and more individuals have made it a priority to visit the Galapagos. It’s well known that as more people experience a precious resource like the Galapagos, the more the world’s environment becomes a priority. Once only visited by wandering sea-goers and lucky scientists like Charles Darwin, the Galapagos have become the destination of choice for adventurers, environmentalists and globally savvy travelers.
Birders adore the incredible variety from the large species like the waved albatross and the Galapagos hawk to the 14 species of finches. Birders can add many to their list that less adventurous birders can never see. Of course everyone from children to hardnosed naturalists love the Galapagos penguins and the funny blue-footed boobies.
In the Galapagos, naturalists can get up close to two rare mammals: the Galapagos sea lion and the fur seal lion. These aquatic mammals come from opposite lattitudes, one North, the other South; and they meet only in the Galapagos where they must share the ocean with the most unique large lizard in the world.
The Galapagos Marine Lizard is the only known reptile to be at home on land and in the sea. Naturalists are always surprised at the simple delight of seeing these creatures in their natural habit. Two other reptiles share the ecological spotlight. The Galapagos land iguana is a strikingly adorned large lizard. It shares the land with several species of Galapagos tortoises.
Some tortoises are the oldest living creatures on earth. Some tortoises have been pegged at 150 years old. There are so many different types that naturalists and tour guides can spend many days just enjoying these species in their diverse habitats.
Cruising the islands gives adventurers the chance to enjoy the second largest marine reserve in the world. The sea there is populated with hammerhead sharks, dolphins and other marine life as unique as that on land.
A learning adventure aboard galapagos cruises allows adventurers the chance to be up close and personal with the greatest environmental treasures on earth.
