Articles of category "Galбpagos Islands NP, Ecuador"

If you want to know where birds fly underwater, rivers burn and where you can snorkel with penguins, then Galapagos Islands is the place to go! Located off the coast of Ecuador in South America, these islands are surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. With protected areas found in the Highlands, which are the Andes Mountains, and the low areas, known as part of the Amazon basin, these islands were home to the Inca Indian tribes and entertained the first Spanish settlers around 1534. With some 60% of the remaining Ecuadorians, derived from the mixture of Europeans and Indigenous peoples, the remainder are of pure indigenous descent.

If you are planning to visit Ecuador then you will want to go to the Galapagos Islands NP. The Galapagos Islands NP is a wonderful park that you will really enjoy visiting. When you first arrive you will want to take a Galapagos tour so that you can get really familiar with the area. A Galapagos tour will be wonderful so make sure that you take one and that you ask any questions that you want and you will learn a lot about the area.