Darwin's finches- every species has a different beak shape in accordance with their food type 
Segolis in Israel
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We went to a trip in Galapagos for Michal's 40th birthday. The Islands are mostly known for the inspiration they gave Charles Darwin for developing his evolution theory, when he saw the diversity of the animals on the islands during his travels in the 19th century. The Islands are in a geological 'hot-spot' formed by oceanic volcanoes.
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There are two main ways to travel the islands: stay in one of the big islands and do day trips to the different local sites, or take a longer cruise around the islands to get to the more remote islands. We did both.
We stayed in the central island- Santa Cruz for a week enjoying several day trips to different sites.
In Tortuga Bay we saw for the first time marine iguanas, rowed in a kayak and snorkeled with sharks
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 The kids swimming with a marine Iguana |
Trip to Las Griatas- a basalt canyon with sea water via salt lakes
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 Heron hunting a crab |
Trip to the highlands where we saw giant turtles, lava tubes and views of the island
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 Zoe and the turtles were competing for the guava fruits |
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 Lava tubes |
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Diving trip next to one of the Islands
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 Maayan and a Whitetip reef shark |
 Maayan and a sting ray |
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We also enjoyed the food and of course- the playground on the island
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 Maayan and a lobster |
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On the island San Cristobal- we hiked around a lake and played with sea lions on the beach
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Moran took every opportunity for an afternoon nap
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On the Island Isabela we hiked to mangrove forests and to the rim of an old volcano
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But the best part was a seven day cruise around Isabella and some more remote islands
We traveled on the boat Nemo with seven additional tourists, five crew members and a guide
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Every day we did a trip on one of the islands and snorkeled in some of the best sites |
On the island we saw many birds nesting, marine and land iguanas, beautiful beaches, interesting rock formations and stunning views
 blue-footed booby |
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 Pelican with a chick |
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 Flightless Cormorant |
 Galapagos Penguin |
 Red-footed booby |
 Nazca booby |
 Lava Gull |
 Frigatebird |
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 land iguana |
 marine iguana |
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 Sea lion playing |
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In one of the islands we visited the nesting grounds of Galápagos petrel seabirds that nest in underground holes. The main danger for these birds is owls that hunt them as they fly out of their holes. Sure enough, after 15 min observation we saw an owl prey and feed on a petrel as it was going out of its nest
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We snorkeled with sea turtles, sea lions, sharks, rays and plenty of colorful fish.
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 Michal with a shark |
 Michal with a sea lion |
 Maayan with sardines |
 Michal with a turtle |
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We did some wildlife watching on board- Humpback Whale, dolphins, and Manta rays jumping out of the water
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 Manta ray |
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 Zoe playing with a Manta ray |
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 Humpback whale |
 eagle ray |
 stingray |
In addition we enjoyed the luxurious life on the boat.
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 Moran working |
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