Each of O.A.R.S. three Galápagos adventure travel vacations

Sea Kayaking the Enchanted Islands  /  Galápagos Multi-Sport  /  Galápagos Naturalist Sailing

offer extraordinary opportunities to swim with marine mammals such as sea lions, fur seals, dolphins, and manta, eagle, and golden rays, as well as thousands of the 300 species of colorful fish.  More adventurous folks may relish the chance to snorkel with the friendly Galápagos sharks or even hammerheads and white-tipped reef sharks.  Marine turtles and whales are commonplace and simply add to the magic.

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The commercial side of the 2008 California whitewater rafting season is nearing an end.  (Last chance to book your South Fork American rafting trip this weekend!)  Fear not o-adventurous-spirited-ones.  O.A.R.S. gives you lots of options to play throughout the year.  If you’re looking for a good excuse to visit the Galápagos – check out these photos taken by our resident World Traveler / California-Oregon Operations Manager / Rafting-Canada-Galápagos-Latin America Guide / and Genuinely Good Guy (for a Canadian) – James Rodger…

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Don’t let the fact that the California whitewater rafting season is winding down deter you from making other adventure vacation plans.  O.A.R.S. still has plenty of other 2008 departures remaining:

CHILE:
Futaleufú River Multi-Sport:  Nov 29; Dec 5, 12, 26, 28

ECUADOR:
Ecuador Multi-Sport:  November 16, 30; December 21, 28

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Lonesome George, the Galapagos Island’s aging Pinta island tortoise, isn’t as lonesome as we think. 

George has been considered by many as the world’s rarest creature and a conservation icon.  He was thought to be the last of his kind after fishermen and pirates slaughtered his species for food.

Until recently, this famous island bachelor (suspected to be between 60-90 years old) had shown very little interest in reproducing.  However, after 36 years in captivity, he recently mated with one of his two female companions of a similar species of Galapagos tortoise.

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