Uniquely Galapagos

01/09/2024

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14) A Galapagos Sea Lion, San Cristóbal Island
📸 Chris Mansfield 🇬🇧

“Afternoon vibes in the Galápagos 🌞 This sea lion knows how to take it easy, soaking up the warm sun after a day of exploring. Life is simple and serene in our enchanted islands. 🦭

Please contact us if you would like some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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25/08/2024

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13) A Galapagos Penguin, isabela Island
📸 Chris Mansfield 🇬🇧

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

The Galapagos Penguin is endemic and is one of the world’s smallest penguins and the only one to live in the northern hemisphere.

You can see Galapagos Penguins on daily tours to Bartolome Island and Las Tintoreras, Isabela as well as on Western Islands cruises.

Please contact us if you would like some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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16/08/2024

An interesting read as to how Tourism could be shaped on the islands following the increase in the Galapagos National Park entrance fee on 1 August 2024.

We are one of the Galapagos Conservation Trust’s 14 Tourism partners promoting responsible tourism to the Islands.

As of 1 August, fees to the Galapagos National Park have increased to raise more funds for conservation initiatives, infrastructure upgrades and community programmes aimed at mitigating the ecological footprint of tourism on the Islands.

Discover more about the rationale behind this decision: tinyurl.com/GNPEntryFees

📷 ©️ Stephanie Foote

11/08/2024

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12) A Santa Fe Land Iguana, Santa Fe Island
📸 Chris Mansfield 🇬🇧

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

The Santa Fe Land Iguana are endemic to Santa Fe Island and are paler and with a longer snout than the more common land iguana species found on North Seymour, Santa Cruz (Cerro Dragon), Baltra and Santiago Islands

You can see Santa Fe Land Iguanas on daily tours to Santa Fe Island and on some cruises.

Please contact us if you would like some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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04/08/2024

Community Clean Up - Saturday 3 August 2024
Cycle path & El Mirador, Santa Cruz

🚯The road and bike path to has become a critical area of ​​​​contamination by plastics and different types of drinks bottles, which reach this sector due to the irresponsibility and lack of culture of drivers, cyclists and citizens who travel on this road and throw garbage.

The excessive consumption of these products and the poor management of plastic waste by a part of the population are a growing threat, causing clogged sewers, obstructing the flow of water, putting human life at risk, and it is already a problem identified by scientists and the community in the consumption of plastics in our land turtles.

☀️Together with 31 other volunteers divided into 5 groups, we cleaned 2 km of the bike path and a large area in El Mirador neighborhood, removing 16 bags of disposable plastic rubbish.

RESULTS
1525 items
71 kg of weight
2 km traveled
10 surveys

✅The most common items collected were plastic bottles, sweet and snack wrappers.

The strangest items the group I was in found were a tractor tyre, a bra and an unopened large bottle of beer. If you can put that into a story you have a better imagination than me 😂

04/08/2024

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11) The Galapagos Green Turtle, Wolf Island
📸 .photos 🇮🇹

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

Galapagos Green Turtles are found across the archipelago and in other parts of the tropical Pacific.

Galapagos Green Turtle Fun facts
Length - up to 1.3m
Weight - up 136kg
Speed - up to 35mph
Average lifespan - 80 years

Please contact us if you would like some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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01/08/2024

As part of our commitment to plastic free July, we supported the amazing, family run Galapagosdeli in Puerto Ayora to develop their ‘zero waste’ vision to not send any waste to the landfill.

To achieve this goal the Galapagos Deli has introduced five positive changes in the way it operates.

1 They only use paper bags, cardboard and recyclable boxes for takeaway orders.

2 To reduce waste from single-use plastics, such as water bottles, they encourage their customers to ask for cups and jugs of water.

3 When they shop at local vegetable markets, they only use reusable boxes and cloth bags and refuse single-use plastic bags.

4 They have reduced their waste footprint by asking customers who buy takeaway food not to eat their food in the Deli and to also dispose of their waste responsibly at home or at their hotel.

5 They limit food waste as much as possible and dispose of some organic waste such as coffee grains, banana skins and potato peels on their land where it biodegrades naturally.

We can all do more to help our planet.

30/07/2024

In 2019, 3, 143 land iguanas were reintroduced from North Seymour Island to Santiago, where the species had disappeared with Charles Darwin being the last person to record a sighting of one there in 1835.

Five years after their reintroduction to Santiago, the land iguanas are flourishing and have dispersed more than 14 kms.

21/07/2024

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7) A Frigate Bird Chick, North Seymour Island
📸 Heather & Philip, 🇬🇧

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

A Frigate Bird Chick on North Seymour Island as taken by Heather and Philip, our guests from the UK in early June 2024.

Please contact us if you love nature and would like some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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14/07/2024

Uniquely Galapagos - Multi Generational Travel

El Chato Ranch, Santa Cruz Island.

Our 8 guests from Salt Lake City were a family spanning 3 generations aged from 11 to 77 years old.

They spent 10 days on our three main islands Santa Cruz, Isabela and San Cristóbal in June 2024.

We helped them plan activities that they could enjoy as a family like visiting a giant tortoise reserve with our bi lingual naturalist guide as well down time to self explore.

Please contact us if you would like some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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07/07/2024

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7) A male Magnificent Frigate Bird, North Seymour Island
📸 Heather & Philip, 🇬🇧

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

One of our favorite guest shots!

A male Magnificent Frigate Bird soaring above North Seymour Island as taken by Heather and Philip, our guests from the UK in early June 2024.

Please contact us if you love nature and would like some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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03/07/2024

Really proud to receive this TripAdvisor award for Uniquely Galapagos in 2024.

We got our operating permission on the Galapagos just one month before the pandemic in February 2020, so the first two years were challenging as they were for all travel businesses.

We want to thank all our amazing international guests over the past 4 years for choosing us and also our great local partners for providing a quality service for our guests.

Please check out our TripAdvisor comments in the link below and see what our guests have written about their Galapagos adventures with us.

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g297533-d23574096-Reviews-Uniquely_Galapagos-Puerto_Ayora_Santa_Cruz_Galapagos_Islands.html #/media/23574096/?albumid=-160&type=0&category=-160

If they inspire you then contact us and we can create ‘an experience as unique as you’ to visit our islands on a land or cruise tour in 2024 or 2025.

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30/06/2024

Uniquely Galapagos - Multi Generational Travel

Los Túneles, Isabela Island.

June has been a busy month for us and we have hosted guests from the UK, Kentucky and Salt Lake City.

Our 8 guests from Salt Lake City were a family spanning 3 generations aged from 11 to 77 years old.

They spent 10 days on our three main islands Santa Cruz, Isabela and San Cristóbal. We helped them plan activities that they could enjoy as a family like snorkeling in Los Túneles as well down time to self explore.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

24/06/2024

On this day 24 June 2012, Lonesome George a male Pinta Island Giant Tortoise died.

It was the last of its subspecies, and unable to mate making it the rarest creature in the world at the time and a symbol for conservation.

Lonesome George’s body has been preserved in a specially built exhibit room ‘Symbol of Hope’ where visitors to the Charles Darwin Research Station can visit it.

Please contact us if you want to visit the Charles Darwin Research Station and for further information on our land based and cruise experiences in 2024 and 2025.

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23/06/2024

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10)Galapagos Marine Iguana & Lava Lizard, Floreana Island
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

The Galapagos Marine Iguana is endemic to the archipelago and is the only iguana in the world capable of living and foraging in the ocean.

There are 11 subspecies of the Galapagos Marine Iguana with the largest found on Isabela and Fernandina Islands.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

17/06/2024

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9) A Galapagos Land Iguana, North Seymour Island
📸

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

Galapagos Land Iguanas are endemic to the archipelago
and are the oldest of three species of land iguana found here. The other two species are the Santa Fe Land Iguana and the ultra rare Galapagos Pink Iguana (only about 200 exist).

You can see Galapagos Land Iguanas on daily tours to North Seymour and South Plaza Islands and on a Western Islands cruise to Fernandina, Isabela or Santiago.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

09/06/2024

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8) Galapagos Hawk, Isabela Island
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

The Galapagos Hawk is endemic and can be found on Isabela and Fernandina Islands.

It is closely related to North America’s red-backed and white-tailed hawks and has no known predators.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

02/06/2024

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7) A male Magnificent Frigate Bird, North Seymour Island
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

Both the Magnificent and the Great Frigate birds are found across the archipelago but are not endemic to the islands.

They have the largest wingspan of all the birds on the Galapagos and are known as the ‘pirates of the ocean’ due to their habit of stealing other birds’ food.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

🌎www.uniquelygalapagos.com
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☎️ WhatsApp +44 773 984 0879
Telephone +593 96 894 0773

26/05/2024

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6) An American Flamingo, Isabela Island
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

The American (Caribbean) Flamingo is one of only six species of flamingo in the world.

The Galapagos flamingo is much smaller than the others in its species and can be found on Isabela, Floreana, Santiago and Santa Cruz Islands.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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☎️ WhatsApp +44 773 984 0879
Telephone +593 96 894 0773

19/05/2024

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5) Flightless Cormorant, Fernandina Island
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

The flightless cormorant is endemic and can only be seen on a Western Islands cruise on Fernandina and Isabela Islands. It is the only one of the 29 species of Cormorant that can’t fly.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

🌎www.uniquelygalapagos.com
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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

12/05/2024

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4) Red Footed B***y, Genovesa Island
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

Genovesa Island and Punta Pitt, San Cristóbal are the only places you can see Red Footed Bo***es nesting on our Archipelago.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your land or cruise experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

05/05/2024

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3) Nazca Bo***es, Punta Pitt, San Cristóbal
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

The Nazca B***y is the largest of the 3 types of bo***es that are native to our archipelago.

Please contact us if you want some help planning your experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

28/04/2024

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2) Blue Footed B***y, Isabela Island
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

Please contact us if you want some help planning your experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

22/04/2024

Earth Day 2024 - Saturday 20 April 2024 - Santa Cruz Island 9am-4pm

The Great Global Cleanup is now in its sixth year and its collective goal is to remove millions of pieces of rubbish from our green spaces, urban communities and waterways.

This years theme is Planet vs Plastic which aims to reduce all plastic use globally by 60% by 2040.

Today our 30 community volunteers mainly youngsters that support removed micro and macro plastic from the coast around Puerto Ayora. We were supported by a Galapagos National Park Ranger.

In total 1042 micro plastic pellets and 678 pieces (31kg) of macro plastic were removed from 3 beaches.

Playa De Los Perros
Playa Mansa
Playa Brava

We can all do something to make a difference and help restore our earth.

The AdoptTheWorld initiative from PlasticBusters is a great way to pledge to keep a place of your choice litter and plastic free.

https://www.plasticbusters.org/news/plasticbusters-adopt-a-place

21/04/2024

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1) Galapagos Waved Albatross, Espanola Island
📸 Chris Mansfield, UK

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

Please contact us if you want some help planning your experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

29/03/2024

It’s b***y time again! Which type of bo***es do you prefer?

The mating dance involves the male strutting his feet in front of the female , then showing her his nest materials before a final display of his blue feet.

Looks like he isn’t having much success?

📸 .brett.galapagos

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

Please contact us if you want some help planning your experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

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Telephone +593 96 894 0773

19/03/2024

Finally some great news from the Galapagos National Park on the reopening of some visitor sites in the West and East of our archipelago!

The tests for the H5N1 strain (Avian flu) were negative in Urbina Bay, Isabela and Punta Espinosa, Fernandina and both sites have reopened.

Additionally following further tests this week it is likely that both Isla Lobos and Punta Pitt on San Cristóbal in the East will reopen soon.

Genovesa in North and Espanola in the East remain closed.

06/03/2024

Community clean up Cycle Path, Artisan Park to Puerto Ayora Friday 1st March 2024
Everyday I cycle, walk or run the 5km cycle path between where I live and Puerto Ayora. Increasingly more rubbish including plastic has appeared which directly threatens the giant tortoises, birds and lizards that live near the cycle path.

Today with about 25 other community volunteers mainly youngsters that support Frente Insular de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos we cleaned 3km of the cycle lane removing 946 plastic items such as bottles and food bags.

We can all do something to make a difference and help restore our earth.
https://www.plasticbusters.org/adopttheworld initiative from https://www.plasticbusters.org/ is a great way to pledge to keep a place of your choice litter and plastic free.

22/01/2024

American Flamingos, Isabela Island.

📸 Gill Rickards 🇬🇧

‘Iconic 20 Uniquely Galapagos Animals’

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15/01/2024

It’s b***y time again! Which type of bo***es do you prefer?

The blue footed, red footed and Nazca bo***es all live in the archipelago, but are not endemic and can all be seen on both our land and cruise experiences.

📸 .brett.galapagos

‘Eco, Community, Adventure & Wellness.’

Please contact us if you want some help planning your experience of a lifetime to our enchanted islands in 2024 and 2025.

🌎www.uniquelygalapagos.com
📧 [email protected]
☎️ WhatsApp +44 773 984 0879
Telephone +593 96 894 0773