Exotic wildlife welcomes you ashore as they go about their daily routines on remote on Galapagos Islands untouched by time. Lots of families live here in large colonies, like red-and blue-footed boobies whose webbed shoes are some of the most colorful you'll see on a feathered local, and their masked relatives, the Nazca boobies. Galapagos fur seals, found nowhere in the world, congregate en masse on rock shores, with many of the pups staying near their mothers for up to three years. Sea-diving marine iguanas, unique among reptiles, live in harems guarded by head-bobbing males who threaten unwanted suitors, and the islands' penguins populate beachfront neighborhoods with their chicks as both parents take turns feeding and caring for them. Others are solitary creatures, like giant tortoises who are on their own from birth as they lumber along on a life's journey that can last more than 100 years. Which gives them ample time to greet families like yours when you come ashore.
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