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Photo courtesy of Ric Finch, www.rutahsa.com
Located 960 Km off the coast of Ecuador, the amazing Galapagos
Islands are an ever popular destination for South American
travelers. These volcanic islands are home to a variety
of different life forms, and were the site of inspiration
for Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
Recommended
Reading:
- For
all kinds of practical information on visiting the Galapagos
islands, be sure to consult our Galapagos
Information Packet.
- Guidebooks
on Ecuador
& the Galapagos Islands from the SAE Club
Store
- Books
written by islanders about life in the Galapagos:
- Floreana:
A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos, by Margaret
Wittmer
- A true story by a German woman who moved to the
Galapagos in the 1930's with her husband and son.
They shared the island of Floreana with a crazy dentist,
a baroness and her two lovers, and a few others...The
Wittmers still live on the island, and welcome visitors.
- My
Father's Island: A Galapagos Quest, by Johanna Angermeyer
- The story
of Johanna Angermeyer, and how she made it back to
the Galapagos Islands that her father once called
home. The Angermeyers now run a Galapagos tour company.
Web
Links
Members!
If you have any Questions about traveling to the Galapagos,
send an email to the Quito Club at quitoclub@saexplorers.org.
They have loads of trip reports on different boats, tour
companies, etc. and will do everything they can to help
you out!
Or...ask
for advice from members on our Galapagos
Islands Bulletin Board!
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South
American Explorers