Isabela and Fernandina Island
An invigorating sunrise and calm seas let us know that we will have a wonderful day!
On one hand, for our early morning visit surrounded by the biggest island formed out of 6 volcanoes, we took a Zodiac ride along Punta Vicente Roca at Isabela Island. On the other hand, some of us made an athletic outing with the kayaks. Blue-footed boobies were “kamikazing” in order to feed and brown noddy terns were nesting. While sunbathing, penguins and big marine iguanas were posing, too. Furthermore, Galápagos sea lions were performing and playing around. In addition, the Galápagos fur sea lions were trying to confuse us, and made us think that they were sharks while regulating their body temperatures and sticking up their fins. Suddenly, the sun fish (Mola mola) showed up. His life starts as a one-inch larvae, but it increases 60 million times and displayed its 2-ton body mass and 10-foot fin from tip to tip in front of us.
At noon, gastronomically, we had an Ecuadorian feast diversity. We had the opportunity to sample different servings of food from the Andean and Coastal regions.
In the afternoon, moreover, a few of us explored the underwater world in the company of sea turtles and sea lions. It was amazing to see them so calm and so close! Additionally, Fernandina, the youngest island of the Archipelago, exhibited its magical environment through barren and desolated lava fields. Nevertheless, it is the perfect breeding habitat for the Galápagos flightless cormorant, seen in the photograph on its nest, plus for the pioneering mangrove and lava cactus.
What a “seen-how” evolutionary origins experience we had!
An invigorating sunrise and calm seas let us know that we will have a wonderful day!
On one hand, for our early morning visit surrounded by the biggest island formed out of 6 volcanoes, we took a Zodiac ride along Punta Vicente Roca at Isabela Island. On the other hand, some of us made an athletic outing with the kayaks. Blue-footed boobies were “kamikazing” in order to feed and brown noddy terns were nesting. While sunbathing, penguins and big marine iguanas were posing, too. Furthermore, Galápagos sea lions were performing and playing around. In addition, the Galápagos fur sea lions were trying to confuse us, and made us think that they were sharks while regulating their body temperatures and sticking up their fins. Suddenly, the sun fish (Mola mola) showed up. His life starts as a one-inch larvae, but it increases 60 million times and displayed its 2-ton body mass and 10-foot fin from tip to tip in front of us.
At noon, gastronomically, we had an Ecuadorian feast diversity. We had the opportunity to sample different servings of food from the Andean and Coastal regions.
In the afternoon, moreover, a few of us explored the underwater world in the company of sea turtles and sea lions. It was amazing to see them so calm and so close! Additionally, Fernandina, the youngest island of the Archipelago, exhibited its magical environment through barren and desolated lava fields. Nevertheless, it is the perfect breeding habitat for the Galápagos flightless cormorant, seen in the photograph on its nest, plus for the pioneering mangrove and lava cactus.
What a “seen-how” evolutionary origins experience we had!
