Wow! Flora and Fauna of the Galapagos! Where to begin? Our month in the islands was probably THE highlight of our so-far two years of cruising, and I'm just sorry that I have to sail all the way around the world to get back there. I missed having my 35mm Canon with its fabulous lenses and rich Fuji pro film, but possibly the lenses would have been mildewed by the time we reached the Galapagos anyway. So, what I present here are photos taken with our Fuji Finepix 4900, with a 6X optical zoom. These are not the resolution we took them at -- we had to shrink them down for the website -- so forgive the pixelation.
While there's no dearth of photos of Galapagos wildlife, I can't resist adding a few new pictures to the already millions out there. Animals, of course, never pose twice in exactly the same manner, which is what makes seeing them so fun!
Be sure to check out the Galapagos Tour pages under Landfalls, and the pages for Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, and Isabela Islands.
Because of all the photos I want to include, I've had to separate out the birds from the rest of the Flora and Fauna page. So check it out on the Galapagos Birds page.
The endemic (occurring only here) plants of the Galapagos are whole new species I've not seen anywhere else in my travels. Many of the introduced plants are old friends from the Caribbean and Venezuela. Some, unfortunately, are not friends of the islands, but are pests, threatening the endemic plants and consequently the habitat and food sources of the endemic animals such as Darwin finches, tortoises and land iguanas. Go to Sue's log page to read about how the human population is in conflict with the natural flora and fauna of the islands.*
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