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The Galapago Island
Located to 960 km approximately of the American continental coast.
The islands are based on the plate Is born, one of the points with greater volcanic activity of the World.
13 great islands, 17 small and 47 rocky small barren islands.
A great part of the archipelago is to the south of the equatorial line, where the sea currents of Humboldt (fries) and Cromwell (warm converge)
All the reptiles of these islands, half of the birds, 32 % of the plants and 25% of the fish, as well as a good number of invertebrates, is exclusively in this archipelago.
In 1959 they were declared National Park on the part of the Ecuadorian government. In 1978, UNESCO considered Patrimony Natural of the Humanity and 5 years later were declared Reserve of the Biosphere.
Most of the islands they even have two or three different denominations: the Spaniards, with others more monks, and the Ecuatorian government who in 1892 attempt to make official the names of each island.
BALTRA
It was chosen by the United States to serve as defensive base against the attacks in the Panama Channel in World War II. A runway was constructed then that from the Sixties is used fundamentally for the tourist flights.
BARTOLOME
It has more impressive the panoramic Vista of all the archipelago. From the Hill Bartholomew the View of the rock Pinnacle, surrounded by bays with transparent waters in the middle of a volcanic landscape
DAPHNEWith a strange form of bucket in its center is a great jammed crater of nests of piqueros blue legs. 
DARWIN
It is the most distant and inaccessible island.
The amount of sharks galapagueños hammer, sharks, marine sharks whale, wolves, wolves skinners, and the shoals of fish of fish cause that the famous arc of Darwin is one of the best places of the world for the divers.
ESPAÑOLA
All the world-wide population of 12,000 albatrosses of yellow tip lives in this island.
Account with two tourist sites par excellence: Account with two tourist sites par excellence: End Suárez, Gardner's Bay.
FERNANDINA
In her is the most active volcano of the archipelago, the Summit, whose last eruption took place in 1995. Famous by the amount of marine turtles that deposited eggs in their beaches.
 FLOREANA
In 1812 it was the first inhabited island of the archipelago. It lodged prison.
She is world-wide famous by its barrel-mailbox of Post office Several are the attractiveness of the island: its lagoon populated by about 2,000 flamenco ones with pink plumage, the magnificent beach of Cormorán End and Corona of the Devil.
GENOVESA
She is one of the islands more visited by its singular collection of birds (piqueros of red leg, three classes of pinzones of Darwin, colonies of bird frigate...).
It has two places by where the visitors can journey: the footpath of Prince Felipe and beach Darwin
ISABELA
Is one of the biggest.
Lived by thousand people. In their interior five volcans remain active
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Scuba Diving
The Galapagos Scuba Diving is very tropical experience.
The diving is full of variables: currents, temperature, visibility and marine life tend to change quickly and without previous warning. The conditions of the diving are dictated by the confluence of five different sea currents.
The temperature of the water varies from 15 to 19 ºC in the islands of the south during the cold months (August and September) and on 25ºC in the islands of the north, Wolf and Darwin. The average temperature is 21ºC, reason why most of the divers usually they wear to a suit of 6 mm or semidry with gloves and escarpines.
In a same cruise you can easily find temperature differences of the water of 10 to 12ºC.
The convergence of these currents causes that there is an incredible amount of marine life in Galápagos, but also generates forts and unpredictable currents.
Most of the immersions they are in current currents accompanied by pangas, that are outside hut of support of the cruise boats.
 In many places the conditions are variable and the hard currents can go towards outside. For that reason it is obligatory, according to the norms of security of the boats, that each diver takes surface signals (horn or whistle floats and).
The diving is not for everybody and can be dangerous. It is necessary to have a level advanced with experience in immersions in currents and if a small physical training is possible. The conditions can vary drastically of an immersion to the following one but it is necessary to consider that always goes away accompanied of experienced guides who will cause that you can relajarte and dejarte take by the current.
Being fulfilled this prepárate for encontrarte with some of the best immersions of the world.
It is really necessary to live it to count it.
"These immersions have been most exciting of my life and they are worth the pain the paid price well "is the most habitual phrase when the finishing a Cruise.
 The best thing of the diving in Galápagos is the adrenalin pump that produces the encounter with great amount of animals: marine lions making circles around you avoid play, enormous colored people leaving the cracks by all sides, schools of blankets lines and eagle crossing on formation of tens of them, tunidos turtles, shoals of fish of since you had never imagined, and as it does not star it, the sharks: Schools of sharks white ends, galapagueños sharks and sharks hammers and with a little luck, the shark whale.
Although there is possibility of seeing any species in all the points of diving, each island has its "specialty".
 Each immersion is an adventure and can be Island of Wolves to dive with great amount of marine wolves to 3 ms of depth that will come to bite at the hand; Bartholomew, snorkel with pingüinos; Floreana, schools of barracudas; Cousins marine Rock, sharks hammer, lions, turtles and rays; Wolf, sharks hammer and galapagueños; Darwin, hammers, galapagueños and with a little luck shark whale; and the continuous list.
potentially the best one of your life.
If the boat that you have been choosing for 192 km that separate Wolf and Darwin of the group of the central islands, you will have arrived at the best place of the Planet to bucar.
To the diving with schools of sharks endless hammers, whale of up to 15 ms adds itself to the possibility of encounter with sharks that check in the Arc of Darwin their daily post.
Something more can be requested than this diving!!!!!!
| Islands |
Points
of Scuba Diving |
Topography |
Corrent |
Depht |
Species |
| Seymour |
Seymour |
Rock and Sand |
Normal |
30 ft. - 100 ft. |
Sharks hammer, Blankets Ray, Sharks White Ends, Galapageños Sharks, Golden Aguila Rays, Rays, Marine Turtles, Lions, Fur Seals |
| Wolf |
Wolf |
Rock |
1 to 3 Knots |
40 ft. - 90 ft. |
Schools of Sharks Hammer, Blankets Border, Marine Galapageños Sharks, Aguila Rays, Turtles, Lions, Fur Seals |
| Darwin |
Darwin |
Rock |
1 a 3 knots |
40 ft. - 90 ft. |
Schools of Sharks Hammer, Blankets Border, Galapageños Sharks, Aguila Rays, Turtles, Hawksbill Turtles, Sharks Whale |
| Santiago |
Cousin |
Wall |
Normal |
40 ft. - 100 ft. |
Rays marine Aguila, Jacks, Lions, Turtles, Sharks Hammer |
| Santa Cruz |
Rocas Gordon |
Wall, rock and Sand |
1 to 2 knots |
40 ft. - 100 ft. |
Sharks hammer, Blankets Ray, Sharks Ends White, Galapageños Sharks, Golden Aguila Rays, Rays, Marine Turtles, Lions |
| Santa Cruz |
Squire Island |
Sandy bottom |
Usually there is no current |
Shallow dive |
Marines Lions |
Program of Trip
Day 1º CARACAS – GUAYAQUIL
Flight Caracas – Guayaquil
Proceedings of customs and transfer to Hotel 4 *. Lodging.
Day 2º GUAYAQUIL – BALTRA
Breakfast. Transfer to Airport. Flight Guayaquil – Baltra
 Transfer to the port and boarding on board of the catamaran “NEMO”.
Scuba Diving Cruise “WOLF Y DARWIN”
Immersion of control in north Seymour. Navigatión.
Days 3º al 7º ó 8º : Scuba diving in Galapagos
The main route will be centered in the diving in the Islands of the North: Wolf and Darwin. Depending on the climatologic conditions and the group, the program of diving and visits to earth will be able to be altered.
Normally usually it is combined with diving in other islands and visits to earth like: Cousyn, Bartholomew, Gordon Rock, Seats, Ayora Port and the Scientific Station Charles Darwin
Day 8º ó 9ª BALTRA - GUAYAQUIL
Disembarkation. Transfer to the airport .
Flight Baltra – Guayaquil
Flights Guayaquil – Caracas
| Availability Date 2004 |
Cruise Days |
| septembre 14 to 23 |
8 |
| septiembre 21 to 30 |
8 |
| Octubre 19 to 28 |
8 |
| octubre 26 to noviembre 5 |
9 |
| Noviembre 3 to 13 |
9 |
| Noviembre 11 to 21 |
9 |
| Noviembre 20 to 29 |
8 |
Reservations and Informations
Phones: +58-212-730-2465 / +58-212-731-2557
Emergencies: +58-414-248-7616 / +58-414-265-8027
reservations@ecochallenge.ws |
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