Galapagos National Park

Ecuador's Galapagos National Park covers 8,010 sq km across a volcanic archipelago 1,000 km off the Pacific coast. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978 — the first ever listed — and the inspiration for Darwin's theory of natural selection. Home to giant tortoises, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, blue-footed boobies, and Galapagos penguins found nowhere else on the planet.