This incredibly special place is home to plant and animal species whose ancestors floated of were blown there.
Indigenous fauna lives without natural predators, the birds and animals are virtually fearless.
Visitors can walk along trails and pass within inches of numerous species. To minimize your impact on the fragile ecology, the park authorities have established rules which visitors must abide by and these will be explained by your guide. On land, trails have been established and visitors are expected to keep to the trails. Please respect all of the rules that you will be told about once there. The Galapagos Islands have a sub-tropical climate.