The Galapagos Islands, the world’s greatest natural history museum, are one of the most exciting places on earth for wildlife watching and photography. Large number of species are endemic to [found only on] the islands, most of which are easy to see because they have not learned to fear humans. One piece of advice that every visitor should heed is to bring twice as much film as you originally intend — and then to double that amount. The following are some of the more interesting species to watch for.

|Article contributed by Dominic Hamilton|||