Isabela & Fernandina Islands
Clear, sunny skies were the welcoming landscape we had as we gently navigated along the northern side of Isabela Island, the largest of them all.
Isabela Island represents half of the land mass of the Galápagos Islands territory; with a little over 4,000 square kilometers, this far and isolated island holds a large number of species, both plants and animals.
After navigating for awhile looking for marine mammals, we continued our way south, ready to cross the equator.
Our later visit to Punta Vicente Roca gave us many encounters with wildlife including great sightings of penguins, flightless cormorants and the giant mola mola known also as the Sun fish. We had not only the chance to appreciate them during our Zodiac exploration of the coastal area but during the snorkeling as well.
Our afternoon visit to the island of Fernandina was much more than what many of us were expecting. In fact, all the islands seemed to be giving a lot more than what could be considered normal; the season happens to be just right, as many of the species are at the peak of their breeding season due the presence of one important factor, water!
Galápagos is definitely a place where people can appreciate the daily drama of life and death with no interference, and one of the very few places on the planet where humans are simply quiet spectators attending a play with no written scripts, hoping for a happy ending.
Clear, sunny skies were the welcoming landscape we had as we gently navigated along the northern side of Isabela Island, the largest of them all.
Isabela Island represents half of the land mass of the Galápagos Islands territory; with a little over 4,000 square kilometers, this far and isolated island holds a large number of species, both plants and animals.
After navigating for awhile looking for marine mammals, we continued our way south, ready to cross the equator.
Our later visit to Punta Vicente Roca gave us many encounters with wildlife including great sightings of penguins, flightless cormorants and the giant mola mola known also as the Sun fish. We had not only the chance to appreciate them during our Zodiac exploration of the coastal area but during the snorkeling as well.
Our afternoon visit to the island of Fernandina was much more than what many of us were expecting. In fact, all the islands seemed to be giving a lot more than what could be considered normal; the season happens to be just right, as many of the species are at the peak of their breeding season due the presence of one important factor, water!
Galápagos is definitely a place where people can appreciate the daily drama of life and death with no interference, and one of the very few places on the planet where humans are simply quiet spectators attending a play with no written scripts, hoping for a happy ending.
