1. Ocean lions

Whether its while loafing about on the shoreline or snorkeling seaward, you'll be hard-pressed not to candidly meet these frolicsome critters at some stage. Perky, copious and virtually intrepid, should keep a 2-meter separation from these gentlemen at all times - however their voracious interest can make this hard!

2. Marine iguanas

The main reptiles on the planet that can live and scrounge in the sea, the marine iguana is discovered singularly in the Galapagos. Wild and brutal however these Godzilla-like reptiles may show up (Darwin called them 'imps of dimness'), its all feign - they just eat green growth. What's more with lung limits allowing up to 30 minutes of submerged scrounging, you're generally as liable to discover them glutting on the islands' encompassing seabeds as hastening about the jagged rocks they possess.

3. Hammerhead sharks

Bragging one of the set of all animals' most confounding physiologies, the scalloped hammerhead shark is found in plenitude off Wolf, Bartolome, Santa Cruz and Darwin Islands. Dissimilar to most sharks, they will frequently combine into schools of in excess of 100 amid the day, making for some staggering and surreal photograph opportunities. Also with no known human fatalities and an abundance of regular go after offer, swooping among them isn't as unnerving or risky as one may think!

4. Darwin's finches

Despite the fact that dull in color and common in appearance, the 13 sorts of finches that Darwin found in the Galapagos island tours offered ascent to a standout amongst the most disputable and diversion changing hypotheses the world has ever known. In short, by examining the anatomical contrasts between finches from distinctive islands, Darwin conjectured that the winged creatures' different adjustments to their diverse natural surroundings and geological detachment from one another had in the end brought about their change into distinctive species: his Theory of Evolution. In his diary, he additionally reports that the winged animals were so unaccustomed to human vicinity that he'd regularly discover them coming into roost on his shoulder, which made for some simple example gathering on his part.

5. Goliath tortoises

No outing to the islands is finished without a visit to its most celebrated inhabitants. Weighing up to 400 kg, frequently living more than 100 years and ready to strive for up to one year without nourishment, goliath tortoises are tender and moderate moving creatures and are a fascinating and humbling scene to watch