Today, our destinations are two centric island that hold unique ecologies and species that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. South Plaza and Santa Fe Islands. They both hold their unique (or endemic) species of land iguana. These islands have also different environments and much more wildlife.
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- 08 Dec 2016
South Plaza & Santa Fe Islands, 12/8/2016, National Geographic Islander
- Aboard the National Geographic Islander
- Galápagos
Celso Montalvo, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
Celso was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the age of nine he arrived in the Galápagos for the first time and he was profoundly touched by nature, observation, and isolation. When he saw the sharks, rays and turtles swimming in the bay, he was trigger...
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