We used several books to plan this trip and many websites. We used both
resources extensively after the trip to learn more about the sites we
visited. There are several fantastic coffee table books that have the
most amazing photos of wildlife in the Galapagos which I recommend to
anyone.
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Lonely Planet Ecuador & the Galapagos Isalnds
Known as "The Bible" by the locals in Quito as tourists won't travel
without it.
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Reef Fish Identification : Galapagos
From the makers of the best series of fish identification books anywhere
and this is definitely no exception. This is the book to have to figure
out what you saw after a dive.
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Marine Life of the Galapagos
Another indispensible guide to animals in the Galapagos. This one goes
into more than just the fish and a great companion to the other books.
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Galapagos: Islands Born of Fire
An amazing coffee table book with some of the best pictures of Galapagos
wildlife and terrain anywhere. A must own book.
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Galapagos : Ocean, Earth, Wind & Fire
The best coffee table book about the Galapagos. Unfortunately Amazon
doesn't currently have it but the Charles Darwin Foundation does offer
it for sale and the proceeds support their very important work.
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Galapagos (IMAX) DVD
An interesting video made in the Galapagos Islands. This covers mostly
the deep water life of the seas around the Islands that most of us will
never see.
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The Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin
As naturalist on the surveying voyage in the southern hemisphere of HMS Beagle 1831-6, Charles Darwin made the observations leading to his theory of modification of species. In this book he relates his voyages to the southern hemisphere.
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The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
This is indeed one of the most important and influential books ever
written, and it is one of the very few groundbreaking works of science
that is truly readable.
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Peter Hughes Diving Inc. |
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Official website for Peter Hughes Diving Inc. Great operator of
excellent live-a-boards around the world.
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Ecoventura |
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The website for Ecoventura, the Ecuadorian company which owns and operates
the Sky Dancer live-a-board as well as other non-diving related operations
in the Galapagos.
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Charles Darwin Foundation |
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This is the website for the organization that operates the Charles
Darwin Research Station which houses the zoo and conducts research
on re-populating the varios species on the Islands that have been
nearly wiped out.
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Casey & Ben Photos |
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Casey and Ben put their excellent photos of our trip on Shutterfly.
They have photos of Quito, Hacienda/Highland as well as the live-a-board.
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Galapagos Islands Gallery |
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An excellent website I found while planning my trip that has absolutely
mouth watering pictures of another group's trip to the Galapagos Islands
on the Aggressor liveaboard.
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Galapagos Main Page |
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This website appears to be a collection of location scouting photos of
the Galapagos for the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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ECHENG.COM: Travel Photography and Journals |
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And excellent collection of travel photos, mostly dive trips, taken
by a photography enthusiast. This guy has been to Galapagos several
times and has some amazing photos. One of his trips was the week after
I was there.
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