Discovered around 1535, the Galapagos Islands flora and fauna evolved in isolation producing many strange and amazing island species as Charles Darwin found when he visited the Islands some 300 years later.

One of the most remarkable things about the Galapagos Islands is that todays visitors can still encounter almost all of the species that were present when Darwin and his predecessors went there. To this day the wildlife remains totally approachable and sometimes almost nonchalant to human presence.  This being said to protect this unique eco system they’re observation and human engagement is strictly controlled with visitation to the Islands being tightly controlled to both duration and quantity of human exposure with access restricted to certain times of the day.  From a photographic point of view this presents challenges in so much time with your subject and access to it is tightly regulated. This being said a trip to the Galapagos should be on every wildlife enthusiasts bucket list.