Videos tagged with "lagoons"

"No hay lugar como Galapagos" Suenson_taylors's photos around Galapagos Islands, Ecuador [02:38]
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Galapagos Islands, Ecuador by TravelPod blogger Suenson_taylors titled "No hay lugar como Galapagos!" Suenson_taylors's travel blog entry: "Our trip to the Galapagos has been a magical and unforgettable experience. The islands are renowned for the fearless wildlife that roam and swim about but no amount of knowledge can prepare you for the endless encounters with the wildlife here. We are guests in their home -- it's very humbling. We've been snorkelling with sealions, penguins, turtles, sharks, rays and an enormous array of fish. We have been walking amongst iguanas, giant tortoises, flamingos, birds of all species, lava-flows, lagoons and more sealions! The Galapagos is a series of volcanic islands that has not been connected with the continent for millions and millions of years. Almost all the wildlife, both animals and plants, over many hundreds of thousands of years have somehow migrated there and adapted themselves to the Galapagos conditions and become more and more diverse from their continental ancestors. This speciation within the archipelago was recognised by Charles Darwin when he visited the Galapagos on the Beagle in 1835 and his observations then played a substantial part in formulating his theory of evolution -- popularly known as 'The Origin of Species'. Lying on the equator 970km west of the Ecuadorean coast the Galapagos consists of 6 main islands, 12 smaller islands and over 40 islets. Nowadays the ...
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Laguna Zazarin-Paraguillas [03:40]
En esta ocasión visitamos el cerro Paraguillas donde pudimos observar el Nevado Chimborazo la montaña mas alta del Ecuador, que con sus 6310 msm. se dejo mirar en un dia totalmente despejado. Vientos muy fuertes nos acompañaron durante casi todo el trayecto pudiendo divisar además diferentes Lagunas como la de Piñancocha y Zazarín. Fuente: DFA
Tags: Chimborazo, Cajas, National, Park, lagoons, Ecuador, Zazarin, Altamontaña, Excursiones, Andinismo, Andes, Cuenca

Parque Nacional Cajas Cuenca Ecuador [01:31]
En el sector de Soldados se puede aprecia la Laguna Ventanas perteneciente al Parque Nacional el Cajas que se encuentra al sur del Ecuador, a 40 minutos de la ciudad de Cuenca. Una de las salidas del Grupo Altamontaña
Tags: Cajas, National, Park, Nature, Climbing, Cuenca, Ecuador, Adventure, water sports, equateur, andes, anden, lagunas, lagos, lagoons, lagunen