Sharks are typically friendly creatures, but they have a bad reputation.<\/p>\n
This means that we sometimes have to convince travelers to jump into the water in the Galapagos Islands when we are snorkelling with sharks!<\/p>\n
Almost always, the sharks swim along without paying attention to us. We’ll see dozens, sometimes even hundreds of sharks at places like Kicker Rock. White-tip reef sharks, black-tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks and hammerhead sharks are the species we most commonly snorkel with.<\/p>\n
In this video, you’ll see a curious Galapagos shark come in for a closer look, as it seems to kiss the camera, before swimming off into the deep blue past the rest of our snorkel group.<\/p>\n
And, in case you were wondering? This type of shark – the Galapagos shark – has never killed anyone in the Galapagos Islands!<\/p>\n
We told you they’re friendly.<\/p>\n