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Wilderness Yacht Safaris

Galapagos Wildlife Yacht Safaris
( 11 days from £1,790)

Galapagos Yacht & Lodge Safaris
Combining yacht based and land based exploration of the islands

Wildlife, Marine Life & Volcanoes of Southern Galapagos
(4 & 5 days privately guided & small group departures)


Sub Aqua-Firma

Galapagos Dive Liveaboards
(8 days from $3795 / £2450)
(11 days from $4650 / £2990)

Galapagos Hotel Based Boat Diving
( 11 days from £1,970)
or £555 for 4 day dive extension to another Galapagos trip


Canoe and Lodge Safaris

Galapagos and Amazon by Sea Kayak, Dugout Canoe, Trekking, Biking & Snorkelling
( 14 days £2,795)

Galapagos by Sea Kayak, Trekking, Biking and Snorkelling
( 10 days from £2,390)

Area Size: 173 Km²
Maximum Altitude: 640 meters / 2100 feet
Island Highlights: Project Floreana, Post Office Bay, Punta Cormorant, Devil's Crown, Flour Beach, Floreana Mockingbird, Galapagos Penguin, Giant Tortoise, Lava Lizard, Pink Flamingo, Green Sea Turtle, Coral Reef

Introduction

Floreana is one of the oldest Galapagos islands in the archipelago and consequently has a greater biodiversity than many of the younger islands.

Historically, Floreana has long been a favourite for passing travellers, including early visits from buccaneers, colonists and whalers. She was the first of the Galapagos islands to be inhabited by humans, with the first settlement established in 1830. However, later attempts to exploit the island's natural resources resulted in failure, meaning that there were no humans on the island between the 1870s and 1930s.  Today, Floreana has only one small village, Puerto Velasco Ibarra.

From now until 2014, the WWF, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos National Park and one of Aqua-Firma's Ecuadorian representatives will be running Project Floreana.  The project endeavours to inspire bold island conservation efforts and embrace the local community a solution to the islands problems rather than the cause. Aqua-Firma wholeheartedly supports projects such as this and understands how valuable Project Floreana is in preserving the wildlife, habitats and community which contribute to making Floreana such a wonderful island to visit.

Post Office Bay was named as such, after British whalers created a Post Office Barrel as a means of sending letters to and from England.  The tradition still remains to this day, with visitors given the chance to pick up and drop off letters and postcards without stamps to be transported to far away destinations.

You can visit Floreana with Aqua-Firma by means of a Wildlife Yacht Safari, the yacht based section of a Galapagos Yacht & Lodge Safari or for a day's diving as part of a Hotel Based Boat Diving Holiday.

Photograph kindly provided by Ralph Pannell