Bartolomé & Santiago Island
Today we had an early start once again and the opportunity to visit one of the most famous islands, Bartolomé. This island seems to have been taken from one of those first moon landing videos; craters all over, rocks alongside and volcanic ash everywhere we looked. We had a great review of the island's geological formation, and we saw the famous pinnacle rock; as we made our way down from the summit of Bartolomé we could observe shy lava lizards making their way out to enjoy some of the sunshine that started to be felt. We all got back to the ship to enjoy a nice breakfast only to later go out again and enjoy water activities. A lot of us believed that we had already seen everything there was to see, but some of us were so excited to once again swim with the sea lions or have a penguin flying underwater along our side!
After we all enjoyed some beach time, glass bottom boat outings and deep water snorkeling, it was time to motor to our next destination. This time we anchored in James Island, one of the islands that Charles Darwin himself landed on and the one in which most of his observation time in Galápagos was spent. We had our last walk along the shoreline of Puerto Egas where we saw many sea lions, oyster catchers with chicks, striated herons, sea turtles and the famous fur sea lions! Today was definitely an excellent closure to an amazing adventure.
Today we had an early start once again and the opportunity to visit one of the most famous islands, Bartolomé. This island seems to have been taken from one of those first moon landing videos; craters all over, rocks alongside and volcanic ash everywhere we looked. We had a great review of the island's geological formation, and we saw the famous pinnacle rock; as we made our way down from the summit of Bartolomé we could observe shy lava lizards making their way out to enjoy some of the sunshine that started to be felt. We all got back to the ship to enjoy a nice breakfast only to later go out again and enjoy water activities. A lot of us believed that we had already seen everything there was to see, but some of us were so excited to once again swim with the sea lions or have a penguin flying underwater along our side!
After we all enjoyed some beach time, glass bottom boat outings and deep water snorkeling, it was time to motor to our next destination. This time we anchored in James Island, one of the islands that Charles Darwin himself landed on and the one in which most of his observation time in Galápagos was spent. We had our last walk along the shoreline of Puerto Egas where we saw many sea lions, oyster catchers with chicks, striated herons, sea turtles and the famous fur sea lions! Today was definitely an excellent closure to an amazing adventure.
