Floreana Island
We wake up this Monday at 6:30 in the morning and surprisingly we are at a new island; Floreana a jewel in the crown. It was the second island that the British naturalist Charles Darwin visited during his stay in 1835. Like it happened to him when he first set foot here, the volcanic landscape with the many volcanic cones of this site also caught our attention.
The activities offered to our guests were the following: a walk to Post Office Bay, a Zodiac ride around Champion Islet, deep water snorkeling at Champion Islet, kayaking and a walk in Cormorant Point.
Early in the morning most of us went ashore to participate in one of the oldest traditions done on these islands, the exchanging of letters and postcards at Post Office Bay. Many of our guests took home a nice souvenir and had the mission to hand deliver them as it was done in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Shortly afterwards we took a ride in our fleet of Zodiacs around Champion Island to search for a bird that is endangered, “The Elusive Floreana Mockingbird”.
After our ride we returned to Champion Islet geared up for deep water snorkeling, at this site the visibility in the water was very good. We came across white-tipped sharks, an octopus, a stingray, and over 15 species of fish that were seen in large schools!
In the afternoon, after our lunch and a nap, some of our guests went to explore Cormorant Point Bay in kayaks; the conditions in the sea were perfect for this activity. Apart from the exercise this was a wonderful chance for finding seabirds and also to just be in direct contact with nature at our own pace.
Later in the afternoon, we landed at Cormorant Point and went for a walk across a little peninsula that has two beaches on both sides. We started at a brown green inorganic sandy beach and went up to a white organic sandy beach that was full of nests of green sea turtles. We found some sea turtles in the water and a couple of sting rays along the shoreline. What a day in the Galápagos!
We wake up this Monday at 6:30 in the morning and surprisingly we are at a new island; Floreana a jewel in the crown. It was the second island that the British naturalist Charles Darwin visited during his stay in 1835. Like it happened to him when he first set foot here, the volcanic landscape with the many volcanic cones of this site also caught our attention.
The activities offered to our guests were the following: a walk to Post Office Bay, a Zodiac ride around Champion Islet, deep water snorkeling at Champion Islet, kayaking and a walk in Cormorant Point.
Early in the morning most of us went ashore to participate in one of the oldest traditions done on these islands, the exchanging of letters and postcards at Post Office Bay. Many of our guests took home a nice souvenir and had the mission to hand deliver them as it was done in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Shortly afterwards we took a ride in our fleet of Zodiacs around Champion Island to search for a bird that is endangered, “The Elusive Floreana Mockingbird”.
After our ride we returned to Champion Islet geared up for deep water snorkeling, at this site the visibility in the water was very good. We came across white-tipped sharks, an octopus, a stingray, and over 15 species of fish that were seen in large schools!
In the afternoon, after our lunch and a nap, some of our guests went to explore Cormorant Point Bay in kayaks; the conditions in the sea were perfect for this activity. Apart from the exercise this was a wonderful chance for finding seabirds and also to just be in direct contact with nature at our own pace.
Later in the afternoon, we landed at Cormorant Point and went for a walk across a little peninsula that has two beaches on both sides. We started at a brown green inorganic sandy beach and went up to a white organic sandy beach that was full of nests of green sea turtles. We found some sea turtles in the water and a couple of sting rays along the shoreline. What a day in the Galápagos!
