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Ecuador & Galapagos Blog Posts
Happy Gringo’s blog is designed to provide information and travel tips to our readers.
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June 24, 2020
The Galapagos Islands are one of the largest marine reserves on the planet, offering protection to an incredible diversity of colourful Galapagos
June 24, 2020
The Galapagos Racer Snake leapt to instant fame in 2016, when BBC Planet Earth footage of them chasing a Marine Iguana went viral on the internet
June 22, 2020
The beautiful Galapagos Red-billed Tropicbird often amazes visitors with it’s striking appearance – long elegant tail streamers, bright red beak
June 22, 2020
The Lava Heron, also known as the Galapagos Striated Heron, is an endemic wading bird only found at the Galapagos Islands.In appearance, they look rather small for a heron
June 22, 2020
Meet the only penguin species crazy enough to live at the equator! The Galapagos penguin is a cute little fella and offers a unique bucket list opportunity
June 19, 2020
The Flightless Cormorant is the peculiar case of the bird who forgot how to fly. An edemic species found only at the Galapagos Islands
June 18, 2020
The Blacktip Reef Shark is one of the most common shark species found at the Galapagos Islands, and can often be sighted in the shallows while snorkelling
June 16, 2020
Attractive and distinctive looking, the Swallow-tailed Gull is the world’s only nocturnal gull, using highly developed night vision to hunt their prey
June 15, 2020
Darwin’s Finches (also known as Galapagos Finches) may not be the most eye-catching birds that you see at the Galapagos Islands.In truth they are