Hi all,

A friend of mine is trying to convince me to join their group for a diving trip to Galapagos in March. They are not photographers.

Besides the travel and costs, it seems to me that the photography there is luck dependent and can be hit or miss (on top of difficult visibility at times).

Has anyone been there? I'm not convinced that it could be a productive trip compared to other locations (for similar distance/cost).

If anyone has pictures to share, i'd love to take a look at them!

Thank you

It's totally worth it no matter circumstances and conditions. It's pretty much guaranteed you will get a chance to photograph Galapagos and hammerheads, eagle rays, jacks bowls, sea lions, penguins and iguanas and if you ask nicely 😅you might score whale shark and mola. Just go... 😁

I would think that the Galapagos are a bucket list destination. I do hope, however, that all the travel isn’t doing damage to the fragile ecosystem.

12 hours ago, humu9679 said:

I would think that the Galapagos are a bucket list destination. I do hope, however, that all the travel isn’t doing damage to the fragile ecosystem.

it perhaps used to be... now with all these easy money made on internet and influencing and all it became a trendy destination it seems to me. The bar for diving abilities is so low anyone is coming and if there is current situation they just skip the dive... The diving travel - safaris - are doing just fine as far ecosystem as the guides are doing their best but off course there are many many more surface based activities and day travels which put more stress on the environment but still it's nothing like and far far from the hotspots around the world.

Hi Romik,
Thank you very much for sharing the beautiful pictures and your thoughts! This is helpful! :)