Last May we went to the Galapagos Island, Ecuador and Peru.  The trip was organised for us by Trailfinders using packages from GAP Adventures the service from both companies was excellent and I thoroughly recommend them. As to the holiday, well it was absolutely stunning and if you have to sell your Granny to go then do it you won't be disappointed.

Firstly the Galapagos. We spent 10 days on the Queen Beatrix. She was a catamaran that took 16 guests all in twin en-suite cabins that were very comfortable. The advice from Trailfinders was to go on a boat of around this size and I am sure they were right. The days on the boat were very full, getting up at about 6.30 each day. We went snorkelling one or twice and also had one or two shore excursions each day. Our guide Walter was from the National Park Authority and was absolutely excellent he gave a briefing and short talk each evening on what we were going to see or had seen.

It been a pretty disastrous few days for the babies. You will see at the start of the clip recorded on the 13th there are only 4 left alive and later on filmed on the 14th there are only 3. The little one having died overnight which was not surprising as the large ones seemed to be having a go at it.

There are also the bodies of 2 others in the nest.  Hopefully the remaining three will be stong enough to survive.