Galápagos Islands offer a safe haven for wildlife, plus some wildlife you will only see on a Galápagos Island. As we walked the trails along an island’s shoreline or inland, we saw yellow land iguanas, marine iguanas, Sally lightfoot crabs, sea lions, Galápagos fur seals, giant tortoise, and Pacific green turtles all in the wild!

Many of my fellow travelers enjoyed snorkeling at various locations. That activity is not for me so I could only enjoy their information with some underwater photos and stories. Lots of fish and rays were seen, but the white-tipped sharks seemed to be their most unsettling observation. No harm done; it seems the 17 sharks or so may actually have been sleeping …. And apparently it is the black-tipped sharks one should be concerned about.