Where to fly galapagos
How to travel to Galapagos in 2021
good morning guys from guayaquil here in
ecuador
2021 starts very special
first of all my good friend felix made
it to ecuador
you probably already know him from some
videos from the philippines and south
america that we did earlier in 2020
and today is a very very special day
because we are flying to the galapagos
islands
that was always on top of my bucket list
to visit the galapagos islands and yes
we are gonna be scuba diving there so
i'm super excited and thanks to the
global pandemic that is currently
ongoing there's no tourists on galapagos
so we're basically gonna have the whole
galapagos
just for ourselves and also
another really good friend from tulum
mexico
is actually joining the trip super
stoked to see him again and now
we're just gonna grab our stuff and head
straight to the airport because we have
to do a lot of things
to actually be able to visit the
galapagos islands in 2021
there's a lot of regulations that you
have to follow and the first thing is
you have to do a corona pcr test
we did this test a couple of days ago
and yeah the test is only allowed to be
96 hours old
up on arrival on the galapagos islands
and yeah we paid
90 us dollars to do the test here in
guayaquil
but now we have to head to the airport
and finish packing up our stuff
and yeah i'm super excited to see the
galapagos islands
we slept right across the airport the
airport is right there
and our hotel was right here so it was
quite a noisy night the good thing about
it we don't need a taxi we can walk to
the airport
yeah and we have three more hours until
our flight leaves
but because we have to finish so much of
paperwork
at the airport they recommend you to be
there
three hours before departure so keep
that in mind
if you want to visit the galapagos
islands in 2021
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2021 starts really good i just found
a five dollar note on the sidewalk super
nice
that pays my breakfast
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we just got our tct this is our special
visa for galapagos and we paid
20 us dollars for this now we have to
check in
and then we're set to fly to galapagos
we just made it through the check-in and
now we're in the souvenir shop
we have to check if we can find some
food we are very hungry
we didn't eat today but looks like
everything is closed
but yeah my friend from mexico should be
somewhere here
i've met with my good friend kyle
what's up stoked
oh man i haven't been able to sleep in
days
you might remember this guy from our
video where we were
free diving with this little um
cayman in the caves in tulum that was
sick as well
what this will be sicker we just got
ourselves some nice empanadas
and yeah 20 more minutes and then we are
ready to board
galapagos here we come i'm excited
made it into the plane guys and now we
have a one hour and fifty minute flight
to the galapagos islands and we will be
flying to the island
san cristobal and then we are gonna stay
there for three nights and then we head
to a different island yeah sick
so let's fly
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we just touched down in galapagos and
the whole island looks so surreal from
above
it's all volcanic and yeah it looks so
crazy guys
and we also just flew above our dive
site from tomorrow
kicker rock one of galapagos
and now we're leaving the plane i'm so
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excited
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there were no taxis at the airport so we
decided
on walking to our airbnb
uh it's 1.2 kilometers
ew and it's super hot here guys whoa
it's insane luckily flix bought some
sunscreen in
guayaquil yesterday
we just made it into our airbnb checking
in right now and it's
so hot guys i'm sweating so much oh and
look at this guys we have a really
beautiful pool over here
sick we just checked into our room and
yeah
check out what you get for 20 bucks a
night per person
yeah pretty spacious room and i'm gonna
show
you our bathroom as well
that's our bathroom
pretty clean and nice and check out this
painting here on the wall
with these bad boys we are hopefully
gonna dive already tomorrow i can't wait
we're heading to our dive school very
soon to pay our trip
and yeah check out our view that's our
little balcony we're having and kyle is
just down here hello kyle
hey buddy look at all these beautiful
flowers yeah
the biodiversity here is insane and this
whole island
consists out of lava rock because all of
these islands
were created through volcanoes right
kyle you did a lot of research yeah so
all these islands basically
are different ages and they're all
different stages of volcanoes
so some of them are super old and their
own weight is making them crumble into
the sea
uh some of them are brand new and super
active
and then the ones that are in the middle
life that have kind of stopped being
active and they can sort of
harbor a vegetation in nature so now uh
that's what we're gonna go check out
those are the ones that we can see maybe
a volcano too if we can
do some exploring and dive in tomorrow
but yeah now we're heading to our dive
school
just on our way to our dive school and
check out
all of these rocks right here it's all
lava
cheers boys we just made it to our dive
shop
trying on the gear for tomorrow and
afterwards we're heading straight to the
beach
to do some snorkeling right straight to
the beach
straight to the beach with straight kylo
yeah how long would you recommend us to
stay on this island
no i think this is good because
oh maybe this is maybe i need a mouse as
well
sure yeah yeah we just finished
our stuff here at the diving school and
now we're heading to the beach
to see some sea lions and some marine
iguanas and all sorts of exciting
animals
i can't wait and actually
really funny thing there is a huge
christmas tree right in front of us here
at the coast looks so surreal
but unfortunately our dive guide told us
that the visibility
is not that great at the moment but we
have a very big chance
of seeing some hammerhead sharks
tomorrow so that's exciting
simon look at right here buddy first of
all nice
little baby the first sea lions guys
oh i'm with a baby this is the best day
already guys
look there oh my god they are all over
the beach
yeah that's that's how they sound like
um
these are the very famous marine iguanas
from galatagos guys
in about five minutes we saw so much
wildlife
it's just incredible here in galapagos
and now
we're trying to get up close with the
sea lions because
they're over here at the beach you can
enter the water
and we just want to snorkel a little bit
and yeah i'm gonna switch to my gopro
right now and maybe
i will get some shots of uh some sea
lions
look guys it's charles darwin he's a
little friendly
and that's a huge tortoise that's
galapagos that's what the islands are
named after
we just tried to enter the beach behind
us but unfortunately
the entrance is blocked by these guys
so cute i'm excited to jump into the
water now
and uh chill out with the sea lions
galapagos was already worth it guys
hey buddy so
we're just chat we changed into our
swimming
trunks oh there's so much sea lions you
have to be careful that you don't step
on them
and yeah we're going in for a little
swim
i'm so i'm so stoked for this kylo
it's a little chilly but it's worth it
wow it is chilly
it's crazy
oh
just so you can see how close these guys
are actually coming
they're right here in front of us
playing
oh are they mating i don't know
oh
oh he's a big one
hey get in my boat
get off my boat
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so guys we just went for an amazing swim
with some epic sea lions
it's easy to say that this has been the
best day
of this year it's the 2nd of january
guys
but yeah it's crazy man this place keeps
on
delivering you need to come to galapagos
like
swimming with the sea lions it was just
so surreal
one was always trying to play with me
this place is just so surreal
check how close the sea lions are
actually coming up
and yeah that's because they have no
natural predators here in galapagos
so they're completely friendly all of
the animals look at this marine iguana
right behind me
hey buddy
it's insane and these marine iguanas are
very very special
because they're actually living off sea
grass so they're diving
and yeah maybe we have a chance to see
some of them
while we're scuba diving as well
sometimes if you watch these marine
iguanas
they snort out some some salt
kyle our bbc narrative is going to
explain
so these iguanas have evolved because
they need to live off the sea
the seaweed here so there's two
different kinds of seaweed that they eat
and their nose has evolved so they can
get closer to the rock
their claws have gotten stronger so they
can hang on to the rocks underwater
and they've also shrunk in in size and
they can't actually take in the salt
so what they do is they shoot snot
salt snot rockets out of their nose it's
kind of gross but it's amazing
and that's how they get out of the way
that's how they get rid of the extra
salt
crazy evolution guys that is happening
here
in the galapagos islands yeah
and there's so much sea lions everywhere
here's one
there's one there's one there's
one there's another one it's just
paradise oh i actually didn't imagine it
to be
that nice all my expectations are
already exceeded
by far actually right yeah look at this
one
this one looks like a dog we just left
the sea lions at the beach and now we
came here to this
little local restaurant and now we are
gonna have the
what was it called again menu del dia
it's the menu
of the day it comes with soup juice and
then
something with rice and beans usually
chicken
for five bucks five bucks that's a
bargain good deal here in galapagos i
thought
the food is going to be way more
expensive here we are actually pretty
lucky because the galapagos islands are
very affordable at the moment the
flights only cost
us in total with return 400.
and for the whole accommodation we spent
nearly 200 u.s so
600 dollars for accommodation and
flights
and yeah sick just the tours
are quite expensive if you want to do a
day tour
you have to calculate around 100 to 200
us dollars
but let's see what we are gonna have for
lunch or dinner we just got served a
soup
and also some nice mango juice
good one guys
and here the last dish some rice and
some fried chicken
with i don't know maybe mashed potato
that's mashed potatoes
it is yeah it was
for five dollars that was a really
delicious lunch
and uh now we're heading back to our
airbnb and check out this little puppy
here
a long day comes to its end we finally
made it back into our airbnb
and there's a very very beautiful sunset
just going on right here
but unfortunately the view is a little
bit blocked
and yeah guys i would say before it's
getting dark here
i will end the video thank you so so
much guys for watching this video
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