An HX expedition cruise to the Galapagos Islands aboard the MS Santa Cruz II is ideal for wildlife enthusiasts, offering ...

Many prospective visitors regard the Galápagos Islands as the incarnation of such dreams—isolated, ecologically rich, protected from human distortion and therefore revealing nature in her ...

The best way to get around the Galápagos Islands is by boat. The key islands for island-hopping are Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal and Isabela. You can stay overnight on any of these islands or all ...

It is unlikely you'll visit just one island while vacationing on the Galápagos Islands. Each of the archipelago's 20 main islands is home to a variety of natural wonders (like beaches and ...

On his visit to the islands in 1835, Charles Darwin noticed the slight differences between the same types of animal on each island. This helped him work out how they had adapted to their ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

A tall ship which recreated Charles Darwin's famous journey to the southern hemisphere is in the Galapagos Islands. The tall ship Oosterschelde left Plymouth, in Devon, in 2023. Darwin’s great ...

An underwater crater at Pinnacle Rock in the Galapagos Islands.Credit: iStock The intimate wildlife experience is matched by dramatic scenery. Expect arid islands banded with colour and topped by ...

And I’m returning to the place he explored nearly 200 years ago, the Galápagos Islands! The Galápagos are an archipelago, or group of islands, off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean.