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The Galápagos Islands is remote, wild and utterly unique – a cruise here is possibly the world's ultimate wildlife experience

Galápagos Islands Top 5

  1. Kayak around the mangrove lagoon of Elizabeth Bay, on the west side of Isabela Island. Some of the cruise boats do carry kayaks (ask before you book), which are a great way to get even closer to the turtles, sea lions and penguins of this quiet landing site.
  2. Dive with hammerheads off Darwin and Wolf islands. These remote spots in the north of the archipelago are rarely visited, but experienced divers can join a specialist liveaboard vessel for the chance to float here with thousands of the sharks.
  3. Climb the peak on Bartolomé islet for the ultimate, picture-postcard view of the archipelago; it’s a short and easy ascent. The beach here is a great place to snorkel with penguins and white-tipped reef sharks, plus look out for circling hawks.
  4. Spend time on Santa Cruz Island. Puerto Ayora is the main tourist town, and a great place to see pelicans and marine iguanas chilling by the harbour. Also, stop in at the Charles Darwin Research Centre to visit the captive breeding programme for tortoises, and then delve inland to see them in the wild, at El Chato Tortoise Reserve.
  5. Land at Punta Suárez, on Española Island, for avian heaven. There are many nesting birds including the waved albatross and Nazca and blue-footed boobies, plus rugged rocky scenery (complete with many basking marine iguanas) and dramatic seawater blowholes.

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