Visiting the Galápagos Archipelago

Internet Links For This Section

Galápagos Travel and Tourism

• Galápagos travel and tourism - large and very interesting site with lots of well-presented information
• Galápagos travel and tourism - another large and interesting site
• Galápagos travel and tourism - another good source of information
• Galápagos travel and tourism - another good source of information
• Galápagos travel and tourism - another good source of information
• Galápagos travel and tourism - overview of the islands
• Galápagos nature travel - nature-oriented tourism site with many pictures
• Galápagos diving and tourism - tours provided by Rolf Wittmer (Margaret's son), specializing in touring by boat and diving
• Isla Santa Cruz travel and tourism - information about Isla Santa Cruz
• Isla Isabela travel and tourism - information about Isla Isabela
• Isla Floreana travel and tourism - information about Isla Floreana
• Galápagos climate - basic information about the climate of the Galápagos

Galápagos Scientific Research and Conservation

• Galápagos National Park
• Charles Darwin Foundation
• Charles Darwin Research Station
• Galápagos Conservation Trust
• Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - they operate the boat Sirenian that was near us in Academy Bay
• Galápagos El Niño - college site documenting the effect of El Niño on the Galápagos climate

Galápagos Nature (Plants and Animals)

• Plants and animals - decent overview of plants and animals, from tourism site
• Plants and animals - another overview of plants and animals
• Animals - information about animals, from tourism site
• Species lists - species lists (and other information), click provided links for lists
• Lonesome George - Lonesome George (the tortoise)

Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

• Charles Darwin - online biography
• Darwin and the Galápagos - about Darwin's involvement with the Galápagos (from the Darwin Foundation)
• Darwin and Evolution - large site from the American Museum of Natural History about Darwin and evolution
• Evolution - history of theories about evolution, from University of California
• The Voyage of the Beagle - full text of Darwin's book The Voyage of the Beagle, his trip journal (highly readable)
• The Origin of Species - full text of The Origin of Species (the original version)
• The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection - full text of The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection (the sixth edition)
• Robert Fitzroy - information about Robert Fitzroy, the captain of the Beagle

Galápagos Geology and Volcanoes

• Galápagos geology - good information about Galápagos geology and volcanoes, from Cornell University
• Galápagos geology - some information from an educational site
• Satellite view - satellite view of the Galápagos, from NASA
• Satellite view - satellite view of Sierra Negra crater on Isla Isabela (in lower right corner), from NASA

Miscellaneous

• Historical miscellany - huge and very detailed site with numerous tidbits on the Galápagos
• Margaret Wittmer - very good site, maintained by her son, Rolf Wittmer
• The Encantadas - online text for story Herman Melville wrote about the Galápagos
• Armada del Ecuador - home page of the Ecuadorian Navy
• Cruising the Galápagos - detailed information for yachts, by Noonsite
• Yacht agent - Johnny Romero's site that supports visiting cruisers
• Virgen de Monserratte - tourism site that used to offer passage on the ship
• Virgen de Monserratte - another person's story about taking a trip on the ship
• Equator crossing ceremony - one description from a boating site
• Equator crossing ceremony - formal "white paper" by a person in the navy
• Angelique Art Gallery - the interesting blue mirrored art gallery in Puerto Ayora
• Galápagos visit - another individual's site, with lots of pictures
• Winlink - the worldwide amateur radio network that we used
• Pactor - a somewhat technical primer on how Pactor works
• Airmail - the PC program that controls the whole shebang
• SCS - the company that makes the Pactor modem that we used
• Pilsener beer - the Guayaquil company that makes Pilsener beer (in Spanish)