Santa Cruz Island
It is wonderful to greet the guests when they come aboard the Polaris after visiting a Galapagos island. Their smiles transmit the many emotions they have gone through along the day. One can feel the excitement since the panga is in sight. Everyone is commenting, laughing, wanting to share the many new species discovered and the new colors painted in their pupils and their memories. Today they came back with the tones of red, from the vermilion flycatchers; they came captivated by the enormity of the giant tortoises. Some had seen the woodpecker finch actually using a tool. This is one of the few species of animals in the world that uses a tool to grab its food: insects from holes in the trees. So I felt as if I had been there with them, discovering for the very first time each and every one of these creatures.
But this morning I was also part of the walking group, so I could share personally the many amazing sightings and new emotions of our guests. I had six couples in my group. We all met the famous tortoise from Pinta, Lonesome George, we also saw Santiago babies, which are practically our babies, as Polaris has adopted that island. But what I enjoyed the most was the corral of the six male tortoises. Especially when the six gentlemen of my group took their picture together with them. We had a good tortoise morning!
It is wonderful to greet the guests when they come aboard the Polaris after visiting a Galapagos island. Their smiles transmit the many emotions they have gone through along the day. One can feel the excitement since the panga is in sight. Everyone is commenting, laughing, wanting to share the many new species discovered and the new colors painted in their pupils and their memories. Today they came back with the tones of red, from the vermilion flycatchers; they came captivated by the enormity of the giant tortoises. Some had seen the woodpecker finch actually using a tool. This is one of the few species of animals in the world that uses a tool to grab its food: insects from holes in the trees. So I felt as if I had been there with them, discovering for the very first time each and every one of these creatures.
But this morning I was also part of the walking group, so I could share personally the many amazing sightings and new emotions of our guests. I had six couples in my group. We all met the famous tortoise from Pinta, Lonesome George, we also saw Santiago babies, which are practically our babies, as Polaris has adopted that island. But what I enjoyed the most was the corral of the six male tortoises. Especially when the six gentlemen of my group took their picture together with them. We had a good tortoise morning!
