Santa Cruz and Floreana Islands
After a wonderful day on Isabela Island yesterday, we packed our snorkeling gear again and headed towards Floreana Island in the southern realm of Galápagos. Our guests went to explore Champion Islet, well known to be one of the most beautiful snorkeling areas in the archipelago. Those who went there had a lot of fun sharing their time in the water with sea lions playing all around them and tons of fish of all kinds. Due to the upwelling around this islet, there were large schools of Creole fish, king angel fish, razor surgeon fish, besides all the great variety of marine invertebrates such as yellow sea stars, blue pyramid sea stars, slate pencil sea urchins, green sea urchins, barnacles growing on the rocks, and black and white coral.
Those who wanted to observe giant tortoises went to visit them at the Charles Darwin Center, and this time Lonesome George was very active and was easily seen in his corral with two of his girlfriends from Isabela Island.
After that visit, we went to “El Chato” up in the highlands, and we looked for giant tortoises in their natural habitat right at the Galápagos giant tortoises reserve. To end our expedition today, we walked into a lava tunnel and were amazed by this incredible volcanic formation. The surrounding vegetation and the “Garua” (mist) added some more mystery to the landscape.
We all returned to the Polaris and had a lot to talk about this wonderful day.
After a wonderful day on Isabela Island yesterday, we packed our snorkeling gear again and headed towards Floreana Island in the southern realm of Galápagos. Our guests went to explore Champion Islet, well known to be one of the most beautiful snorkeling areas in the archipelago. Those who went there had a lot of fun sharing their time in the water with sea lions playing all around them and tons of fish of all kinds. Due to the upwelling around this islet, there were large schools of Creole fish, king angel fish, razor surgeon fish, besides all the great variety of marine invertebrates such as yellow sea stars, blue pyramid sea stars, slate pencil sea urchins, green sea urchins, barnacles growing on the rocks, and black and white coral.
Those who wanted to observe giant tortoises went to visit them at the Charles Darwin Center, and this time Lonesome George was very active and was easily seen in his corral with two of his girlfriends from Isabela Island.
After that visit, we went to “El Chato” up in the highlands, and we looked for giant tortoises in their natural habitat right at the Galápagos giant tortoises reserve. To end our expedition today, we walked into a lava tunnel and were amazed by this incredible volcanic formation. The surrounding vegetation and the “Garua” (mist) added some more mystery to the landscape.
We all returned to the Polaris and had a lot to talk about this wonderful day.
