Bartholomew and Santiago Islands
It is always amazing to return to the islands and find different things happening every week along the trails or underwater. Today was one of those days in which we had some surprises, such as Galápagos sharks feeding on black stripped Salemas. It is not very common to find this particular type of shark, however those who went on the glass bottom boat observed the whole feeding behavior.
Those who snorkeled around the pinnacle rock in Bartholomew Islet found themselves surrounded by large schools of fish and played with Galápagos penguins, Galápagos sea lions, as well as swam with sea turtles! The water temperature at this time of the year is very pleasant (76 Fahrenheit) and brings enough nutrients to support abundant numbers of the several species of animals that depend on the oceans.
After we left Bartholomew, we had a nice smooth navigation towards James Bay on Santiago Island. As we dropped anchor by the western coast of Santiago, some of our guests went to snorkel from the beach, and it couldn’t have been more perfect. We had warm water, a nice sunny afternoon and lots of fish to see. Those who wanted to walk had a great time strolling along the indented shoreline, looking at large groups of marine iguanas, Galápagos sea lions, and the smaller Galápagos fur seals.
As we returned aboard, we shared the wonderful memories of the day with each other and had a lot of fun looking at a slide show of the pictures taken this week by our staff.
It is always amazing to return to the islands and find different things happening every week along the trails or underwater. Today was one of those days in which we had some surprises, such as Galápagos sharks feeding on black stripped Salemas. It is not very common to find this particular type of shark, however those who went on the glass bottom boat observed the whole feeding behavior.
Those who snorkeled around the pinnacle rock in Bartholomew Islet found themselves surrounded by large schools of fish and played with Galápagos penguins, Galápagos sea lions, as well as swam with sea turtles! The water temperature at this time of the year is very pleasant (76 Fahrenheit) and brings enough nutrients to support abundant numbers of the several species of animals that depend on the oceans.
After we left Bartholomew, we had a nice smooth navigation towards James Bay on Santiago Island. As we dropped anchor by the western coast of Santiago, some of our guests went to snorkel from the beach, and it couldn’t have been more perfect. We had warm water, a nice sunny afternoon and lots of fish to see. Those who wanted to walk had a great time strolling along the indented shoreline, looking at large groups of marine iguanas, Galápagos sea lions, and the smaller Galápagos fur seals.
As we returned aboard, we shared the wonderful memories of the day with each other and had a lot of fun looking at a slide show of the pictures taken this week by our staff.
