RESTRICTIONS
As Galapagos has it’s territory mainly as National Park, most of the beaches are protected by the Parks Authority and there are a lot of regulations of what you can and can’t do, especially when it came to windsurfing. We eventually we had to get authorisation from the port to be able to ride there and, even so, a lot of the park guides told me that apparently windsurfing wasn’t allowed there. I also tried to kitesurf one day in Isabela Island and I got pulled out of the water by the park authorities, saying that kitesurfing can disturb the birds! Raw nature is definitely really well preserved on the Galapagos Islands where you can experience windsurfing in a totally different way. It was a real joy to have seen so many wild animals like huge manta rays and sea lions while I was sailing and turtles and huge pelicans fishing next to me while I was surfing.
We spent such a unique and privileged time in Galapagos – a place and experience that we will never forget! KS
