Our Galapagos Cruise Feature
Last week I posted our latest feature to the Luxury Latin America Tours section of the site: Cruising the Galapagos Islands with Angermeyer. Many of our feature stories are done by writers who work with us, but on this one I had the pleasure of taking the trip myself, spending a few days in Quito and the surroundings and about 10 days in the Galapagos.
As anyone who has been there will tell you, it’s an amazing experience. I’m used to wildlife trips where I am looking at birds through binoculars or seeing hippos and lions from the safety of a Land Rover vehicle. On the Galapagos Islands it’s a different story though. You can get up close and personal with these critters and they don’t attack or fear attacks from us.
The most difficult task in writing a story like this is picking out which photos to use. The ones that are up are only a fraction of the good ones available. If you want to see the whole array of highlights, including Blue-footed Boobies, sea lions, penguins, and more, see the slideshow below.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:08 am
Besides being incredibly jealous of your trip to the Galapagos (my good friends just went too and haven’t stopped raving about it), I can totally sympathize with your photo-picking dilemma. We have a boutique hotel here in the Republic of Panama near which is an island called Coiba which is rumored to be “The Galapagos of Central America.” Things like sharks, turtles, iguanas…etc. And it used to be a penal colony to boot! As the story goes, the prisoners were so in love with the surroundings that, once the jail was shut down, they refused to leave. Anyone who a) can’t afford to go to the Galapagos or b) wants to get their feet wet in this sort of adventure travel without getting overwhelmed, should consider Coiba here in Panama.
December 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Thanks for the advice on Coiba. Sounds great!