Terrain and Plants of Galapagos


We were quite surprised on arriving in the Galapagos: There we were, right on the equator, in a place know for its animal diversity, and it seemed that we had landed on the moon. There was no tropical jungle or ... The majority of the islands were covered with various stages of slowly decomposing lava.




The landscape is quite diverse, yet over all tends to be dry.


PLANTS

TERRAIN




Click here to return to Main Ometepe Page



Homepage, Travel 2000-01