Española Island
We started our first full day in the Galápagos with gorgeous weather and calm seas. Our site, Punta Suarez, is situated on the northwestern part of Española. As soon as we set a foot on the island we were welcomed by sea lions, Sally Lightfoot crabs, iguanas, mockingbirds, lava lizards and many more creatures which call this splendid place home.
We headed on our trail for Nazca and blue-footed boobies accompanied by the impressive waved albatross; there were only a few chicks remaining as they are all ready to migrate to the southern coast of Peru; they will not come back until April, so we feel very lucky to have seen them today.
Our guests reached the cliff at the southwest and experienced the famous blow-hole as a gentle breeze caressed our warmed skin.
On the way back we saw our top predator of the island, the Galápagos hawk; two adults and a spotted juvenile were on a hunting mode terrorizing the site but also oblivious to our presence. American oystercatchers were nesting on this site too while they were protecting their two eggs; we wished them luck.
Our ship repositioned while we dined on a delicious typical Ecuadorian lunch, conveniently situating us at our water activities site at Gardner Bay.
Today we had calm waters as we entered this majestic underwater realm. We snorkeled, took a ride in the glass bottom boat, kayaked or just simply a strolled on a long white coralline beach surrounded by sea lions with turquoise water and blue sky. That was our afternoon. We all made it back with wonderful memories from Espanola Island and our first full day in the Galápagos.
Many of our guests are wondering, how we are going to top this day? I could easily tell you we have just started our expedition and there are many more adventures to come.
We started our first full day in the Galápagos with gorgeous weather and calm seas. Our site, Punta Suarez, is situated on the northwestern part of Española. As soon as we set a foot on the island we were welcomed by sea lions, Sally Lightfoot crabs, iguanas, mockingbirds, lava lizards and many more creatures which call this splendid place home.
We headed on our trail for Nazca and blue-footed boobies accompanied by the impressive waved albatross; there were only a few chicks remaining as they are all ready to migrate to the southern coast of Peru; they will not come back until April, so we feel very lucky to have seen them today.
Our guests reached the cliff at the southwest and experienced the famous blow-hole as a gentle breeze caressed our warmed skin.
On the way back we saw our top predator of the island, the Galápagos hawk; two adults and a spotted juvenile were on a hunting mode terrorizing the site but also oblivious to our presence. American oystercatchers were nesting on this site too while they were protecting their two eggs; we wished them luck.
Our ship repositioned while we dined on a delicious typical Ecuadorian lunch, conveniently situating us at our water activities site at Gardner Bay.
Today we had calm waters as we entered this majestic underwater realm. We snorkeled, took a ride in the glass bottom boat, kayaked or just simply a strolled on a long white coralline beach surrounded by sea lions with turquoise water and blue sky. That was our afternoon. We all made it back with wonderful memories from Espanola Island and our first full day in the Galápagos.
Many of our guests are wondering, how we are going to top this day? I could easily tell you we have just started our expedition and there are many more adventures to come.
