A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands

by Barry Boyce

This guide to the "Land of Darwin" includes information on what tours to take, what to pack, prices, wildlife, and history

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

241 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1990

About the author

About the Author: Barry Boyce was a graduate student in the
neurosciences. He has over 30 years teaching natural history and
astronomy on an outreach basis on expedition voyages to the Galápagos
Islands and the Antarctic; he currently teaches outreach astronomy for
the University of Arizona at their Mt. Lemmon Sky Center. He is also an
astrophotographer, a nature photographer, and the author of A
Traveler’s Guide to the Galápagos Islands

Reviews

[Sabeeha Rehman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful, published in 1994, it is out of date in topics such as currency, transportation, etc.

[Glen Engel-Cox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written by the owner of the tour company we decided to go with to the Galapagos, I had ordered of copy of this from an Internet bookstore, only to find that we were to receive a free copy with our trip deposit. The extra went to Jill’s mom, who travels vicariously with us when she and Bob aren’t gallivanting about on their own. If you can only get one book for your trip to the Galapagos, this is the most comprehensive, covering booking a tour; the history, geology, botany, zoology of the islands; and photographing flora, fauna and landscape, all written in a light, humorous style. Other guide books go into farther detail on some items, but this is the best one-stop shop.

[The Bamboo Traveler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really needs to be updated and republished because it's absolutely fantastic. I read it while sailing around the Galapagos (it was on my boat).
It's got really good info on each island and what you can see on each one.
The desciption of the different animals is also very interesting.
Even the part on the history of the islands was riveting--the story of the crazy Europeans on Floreana should be made into a movie!

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots and lots of info in this book! The what to pack list was pretty informative too - although i like my list better: http://www.nicolewilker.com/nicole/bl...

Definintely a must have if you have a trip planned or want to plan a trip there!

[Jim Robles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Go! Do it now before it is too late!

Go with Galapagos Travel. If Barry is still leading tours, insist on one he leads.