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The Galápagos archipelago is renowned
for its unique and fearless wildlife. Here, you can
swim with sea lions, float eye-to-eye with penguins and stand
beside a blue-footed booby as it feeds its young.
The islands'
renowned bird and marine life includes albatrosses,
penguins, boobies, turtles, giant tortoises,
iguanas, sea lions, whales and dolphins.
Ecuador claimed the Galápagos Islands in 1832, just
three years before their most famous visitor, Charles Darwin,
dropped anchor on the Beagle and stepped ashore and into history.
For the next century, the islands were inhabited by a few
settlers and were used as a penal colony, the last of which
closed in 1959. The archipelago became a national park in
1959.
The Galapagos text courtesy of Lonely
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