| 10-Day
Family Trip to the
famed Galapagos Islands
June 6-16, 2009
Families
have an opportunity to explore the famous Galapagos Islands on
a yacht with an English speaking naturalist on an 8-day cruise.
The Galapagos Islands are located 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador
on the equator. Here, wildlife has existed, basically undisturbed,
for thousands of years. Learn about how Galapagos species have
adapted to their particular island habitat. You'll hike, touring
terrestrial habitats and seeing a variety of wildlife including
iguanas, both marine and land, sea lions, blue-footed boobies
and frigate birds. You'll snorkel, touring underwater reefs and
marine habitats and swim with sea turtles and a dazzling array
of marine life!
The trip
begins in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, located on the Pacific
coast. Here you'll have a day to tour and explore this beautiful
and historic, major South American port.
From Guayaquil,
you'll fly to the Galapagos, where the wonder really begins. The
tour includes stops at the Charles Darwin Research Station and
a hunt for the massive Galapagos Tortoises, and the islands of
Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Espanola, Floreana, and Bachas Beach and
Black Turtle Cove. You'll live abort the Golondrina Yacht where
the crew is delightful and the food is delecious.
Cost for
the trip is $2740/person (not including international flight to
Ecuador).
Click
here for more INFORMATION,
REGISTRATION,
and PHOTOS!
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Student
Trip to Ecuador
and the Galapagos Islands
June 22-July 8, 2006
Students and faculty members from
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School traveled to Ecuador and the famed
Galapagos Islands as part of a natural history expedition organized
by the PEAK Outdoors program. On this expedition, students spent
time at high elevation in the Andes Mountains and in the Galapagos
Islands, an equatorial archipelago of volcanic islands in the
Pacific Ocean made famous by Charles Darwin and the voyage of
the HMS Beagle.
During their 7-day
stay in mainland Ecuador, a country of incredible ecological diversity,
students visited the Cotopaxi volcano (19, 347 feet), walking
up to the climber's hut at an elevation of nearly 17,000 feet,
and a series of other large volcanic peaks, alpine lakes, rivers
and waterfalls in the Andes Mountains. Students also visited Middle
of the World Museum, a museum dedicated to science associated
with equatorial and gravitational phenomena. Many locations of
historic and cultural significance were on the itinerary as the
group visited the President's home in Quito, and artisans shops,
markets, and churches in Banos, Riobamba, and Cuenca.
During their 8-day
visit to the Galapagos Islands, students traveled by boat to a
series of islands in the archipelago where they explored the renowned
marine, coastal and inner-island habitat led by a native naturalist.
The island tour included Santa Cruz, Rabida, Santiago, North Seymour,
Santa Fe, Espanola, and Floreana.
The following links
take you to the Group Journal, a mucical Slide Show and the Photo
Album. All are full of lots of colorful pictures; entries each
day in the group journal were written by the participants themselves.
Be patient, some sources may take a little time to open and download.
Hop on the tour
bus and the Floreana yacht to visit this beautiful and historic
South American country and the famous island archepeligo with
the group...
Galapagos
Group Journal
This is a daily account of the trip from the traveler's perspective.
Each entry in this Journal was written by a group member during
the trip (so the thoughts are fresh!) The joural also includes
timely photos.
Galapagos
Slide Show
This is a creative pictoral slide show of the trip complete with
dazzling photos and cool music.
Galapagos
Photo Album
This is a complete photo album of the trip, and a list of trip
participants and significant locations. Click on any photo in
the album to enlarge it.
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