Isabela & Fernandina Islands
Today the Polaris crossed the westernmost part of the archipelago and got to circumnavigate the tip of a colossus volcano that just emerged from the ocean surface and is known as Roca Redonda and today is home for seabirds such as Nazca boobies, red billed tropic birds, frigates, Galápagos shearwaters, storm petrels, etc.
Heading south to Isabela island before crossing the Equator line we had a close encounter with a sperm whale, which was at the surface breathing before diving, showing us its magnificent tail. They might dive for around one hour before coming to the surface, they feed on giant squids.
We crossed the equator line and a pirate forced our youngest guests to drink an Iguana blood cocktail. Arriving to our next destination Punta Vicente Roca, we did put the pangas in the water where we found a couple of Bryde’s whales and a few Mola mola fish; all of them where very elusive creatures.
While we were having lunch we navigated to Punta Espinosa in Fernandina Island, the jewel of the Galápagos. Large marine iguanas and lava lizards camouflage with the color of the black lava where flightless cormorants nest and live their lives.
Back to the ship before sunset we had a close encounter with a group of playful bottlenose dolphins, swimming and jumping around and by the pangas, giving us a nice appetizer in this buffet of wildlife delicatessen.
Today the Polaris crossed the westernmost part of the archipelago and got to circumnavigate the tip of a colossus volcano that just emerged from the ocean surface and is known as Roca Redonda and today is home for seabirds such as Nazca boobies, red billed tropic birds, frigates, Galápagos shearwaters, storm petrels, etc.
Heading south to Isabela island before crossing the Equator line we had a close encounter with a sperm whale, which was at the surface breathing before diving, showing us its magnificent tail. They might dive for around one hour before coming to the surface, they feed on giant squids.
We crossed the equator line and a pirate forced our youngest guests to drink an Iguana blood cocktail. Arriving to our next destination Punta Vicente Roca, we did put the pangas in the water where we found a couple of Bryde’s whales and a few Mola mola fish; all of them where very elusive creatures.
While we were having lunch we navigated to Punta Espinosa in Fernandina Island, the jewel of the Galápagos. Large marine iguanas and lava lizards camouflage with the color of the black lava where flightless cormorants nest and live their lives.
Back to the ship before sunset we had a close encounter with a group of playful bottlenose dolphins, swimming and jumping around and by the pangas, giving us a nice appetizer in this buffet of wildlife delicatessen.
