Diving in the Galapagos Islands..

To say the Galapagos Islands are special would be an understatement. Within 24 hours of being here we knew that our originally planned 9 days would not be nearly enough for us to take in everything. Raul´s brother Pablo used to work in the Galapagos, so we were lucky enough to be referred to mate of his here (Paddy) who is a local travel agent and one stop shop. We quickly organised a couple of last minute boat cruises for a fraction of the price, lined up 3 days of diving and changed our flights to let us stay now for a good 2 weeks.

With our cruise 4 days away, World Class diving awaited us. The last few days seem somewhat like a dream as we have shared our days with Hammerheads, White tipped & Galapagos sharks, Manta and Sting Rays, Moray Eels, Sea lions, Turtle and Iguanas, not to mention hundreds of fish species. After three days of diving (two for me as I developed an ear infection the third day...sad but still a great day lounging on the boat) we can safely say that the Galapagos is an absolute MUST for any divers out there. We were also lucky to have met a great Dutch Couple (Susan and Joost) who dived with us for the 3 days and for 2 of the days we had the seas to ourselves. Good times, good times !!!

As pictures speak a thousand words I will say no more but leave you to the magic of what we witnessed under the waves our first few days in this incredible place.


If you can´t see them properly than click on the link here - Galapagos Diving

Here are a couple of videos as well...

A playful seal


Whitetip sharks chilling on the seafloor


Tomorrow we are off on a five day cruise to witness all the amazing creatures found above the sea...