Best time to visit the Galapagos

Tim Winkworth, from our supplier the Family Adventure Company, recommends timing your visit to coincide with the courtship season of blue-footed boobies and frigate birds. The exact timing varies from island to island, so check with your vacation company: “You’re not just seeing one or two birds; you are walking round, having to step off the path to walk around them in massive numbers as they're doing their mating rituals. The boobies are wobbling from left to right, like an accentuated penguin, and the frigate birds are inflating the red sac on their neck, blowing it up and making a noise (in Mar-Apr). They’re doing something that is key to their life, and you're within it, not on the outside of it. I saw all these amazing animals - but what seals all my memories is sitting and watching two blue-footed boobies mimicking each other hopping from one foot to the other, one foot to the other (in Apr-Jul). It's lovely - it's not all big, powerful stuff; it creates a warm feeling!”