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“The Galapagos and Rainforest of Ecuador” Talk By Gianpiero Ferrari FRPS DPAGB FBPE EFIAP
11 February @ 20:00 - 22:00
This trip start on the Andean Mountains in Quito the capital of Ecuador at 9,350 feet, a beautiful UNESCO heritage city, full of historical buildings and a good bird-life, specially the Hummingbirds, then follow by a internal flight to the famous Galapagos Island.
The Galapagos is a volcanic Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, It’s one of the world’s foremost destination for wildlife -viewing, a province of Ecuador, it lies about 1000 km off the main coast. This Isolated Island shelters a stunning flora and fauna, many are endemic to the Galapagos, like the Lava Gull, Darwin’s Finches, Flightless Cormorant, Galapagos Flycatcher, Land Iguana, Galapagos Mockingbird, Galapagos Dove, Lava heron, Giant Galapagos Tortoise, and the Galapagos Penguins, the only penguin species to be found in the Northern Hemisphere.
After two weeks cruising around the islands on board of the cosy Cachalote, a small boat with 16 passengers and 8 cruse members, a return to the mainland for a visit to the Antisana National Park set on the land of the Antisana Volcano Mountain, and finally a short flight to Coca city, on the banks of the Napo River in pristine Rainforest Habitat in search for more wildlife, specially the Parrot Clay licks and the weird beautiful Hoatzin.