Floreana Island
Today we began with an appetizing breakfast to recover our vigor that we lost with yesterday’s many activities. Floreana was one of the first islands colonized by humans in the early 19th century, but in fact is the island with the smallest population among the four inhabited island, after Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz Island.
Our first outing took place in one of the most surprising places in the Galápagos, Post Office Bay, where in 1793 Captain James Colnett placed a barrel to deliver letters to the old continent. Actually this barrel is still used by tourists, and has become a tradition. On the way back to Polaris, a couple of Green Pacific sea turtles were spotted; they came up just for an instant to take a breath, and vanished quickly in the deep blue ocean.
Then we headed to Champion Islet, where we had a close encounter with the Galápagos marine life; we had our second deep water snorkeling opportunity. It was a fascinating experience; we swam with sea lions, white-tipped reef sharks, and hundreds of multicolored fish.
After a delicious lunch, some of our guests had the opportunity to kayak in a beautiful shallow water area just in front of a gorgeous green sandy beach. Later on, everybody disembarked in order to visit Punta Cormorant, to be captivated by the amazing landscape and the greater flamingos feeding in a brackish water lagoon, with other lagoon birds. Afterwards we headed off to the other side, where we saw green sea turtles from the beach, because this is a nesting place for these reptiles.
On the way back to the ship we enjoyed watching the sunset, almost at six o’clock. Back onboard and up in the lounge we learned a little more about this paradise called Galápagos, after that we enjoyed a delicious dinner.
Today we began with an appetizing breakfast to recover our vigor that we lost with yesterday’s many activities. Floreana was one of the first islands colonized by humans in the early 19th century, but in fact is the island with the smallest population among the four inhabited island, after Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz Island.
Our first outing took place in one of the most surprising places in the Galápagos, Post Office Bay, where in 1793 Captain James Colnett placed a barrel to deliver letters to the old continent. Actually this barrel is still used by tourists, and has become a tradition. On the way back to Polaris, a couple of Green Pacific sea turtles were spotted; they came up just for an instant to take a breath, and vanished quickly in the deep blue ocean.
Then we headed to Champion Islet, where we had a close encounter with the Galápagos marine life; we had our second deep water snorkeling opportunity. It was a fascinating experience; we swam with sea lions, white-tipped reef sharks, and hundreds of multicolored fish.
After a delicious lunch, some of our guests had the opportunity to kayak in a beautiful shallow water area just in front of a gorgeous green sandy beach. Later on, everybody disembarked in order to visit Punta Cormorant, to be captivated by the amazing landscape and the greater flamingos feeding in a brackish water lagoon, with other lagoon birds. Afterwards we headed off to the other side, where we saw green sea turtles from the beach, because this is a nesting place for these reptiles.
On the way back to the ship we enjoyed watching the sunset, almost at six o’clock. Back onboard and up in the lounge we learned a little more about this paradise called Galápagos, after that we enjoyed a delicious dinner.
