Isabela and Fernandina Islands
From crabs to penguins, anything is possible in the western realm of the Galápagos. We started the day with the most amazing light on Roca Redonda. The sun was rising, illuminating each of the colourful layers of a rock that Herman Melville claimed to have climbed while he visited the islands in a whaling ship, more than a century ago.
Then the mist came. The highest volcano of Isabela, together with the ship itself, all disappeared in a dense white fog. It was like being absorbed by magic, and what else could it be anyway, than the pure enchantment of Galápagos.
After King Neptune’s visit, it cleared up again, and we could see the half of a caldera of Ecuador volcano. A “troop” of Mola molas covered the surface, and everyone on board got a chance to admire this odd and rare fish, the ocean sunfish.
We snorkeled with green sea turtles, and sailed towards Fernandina, for a walk on a young and fantastic lava flow. Penguins and sally-light foot crabs, flightless cormorants and sea lions, human beings and nature. We had it all!
From crabs to penguins, anything is possible in the western realm of the Galápagos. We started the day with the most amazing light on Roca Redonda. The sun was rising, illuminating each of the colourful layers of a rock that Herman Melville claimed to have climbed while he visited the islands in a whaling ship, more than a century ago.
Then the mist came. The highest volcano of Isabela, together with the ship itself, all disappeared in a dense white fog. It was like being absorbed by magic, and what else could it be anyway, than the pure enchantment of Galápagos.
After King Neptune’s visit, it cleared up again, and we could see the half of a caldera of Ecuador volcano. A “troop” of Mola molas covered the surface, and everyone on board got a chance to admire this odd and rare fish, the ocean sunfish.
We snorkeled with green sea turtles, and sailed towards Fernandina, for a walk on a young and fantastic lava flow. Penguins and sally-light foot crabs, flightless cormorants and sea lions, human beings and nature. We had it all!
