This is the end of our time in the Galapagos, which despite tourism has been one of the wildest, most beautiful places we’ve ever seen. Here are the fourteen best landscape shots we took while on the islands:
Salt water is dried to create salt crystals in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
Waves crash on the rocky shore of North Seymour Island
A frigatebird flies in the early evening sky at Punta Comorant, Floreana Island
The moon rises over the Palo Santo trees at Punta Comorant, Floreana Island
Green lowland scrub and Palo Santo trees against the backdrop of blue sea and cloudy sky at Urbina Bay, Isabela Island
Ripple patterns in the sea in Tagus Cove, Isabela Island
Ripples in a hardened lava flow reflect the afternoon sun at Punta Espinoza, Fernandina Island
Silhouttes of Palo Santo trees against the cloudy sky at Punta Comorant, Floreana Island
A volcanic hill overlooks the marsh at Punta Comorant, Floreana Island
Isabela Island rises behind the Santa Cruz II at Punta Espinoza, Fernandina Island
Champion Island, an extinct volcanic cone, rises from the ocean off the coast of Punta Comorant, Floreana Island
The sun sets over Fernandina Island
Ancient volcanic hills and vents in the sunset at Punta Comorant, Floreana IslandSunset on the beach at Punta Comorant, Floreana Island