Isabella and Fernandina Islands
We are in the richest and coolest part of the Galápagos Islands; therefore we began early, enjoying the remains of a volcano which is a great habitat for sea birds. This area is well known for marine mammals too, and indeed we saw bottled-nosed dolphins feeding in the shallows. Later on, while crossing the Equator line, we had a very unusual visitor, King Neptune himself. He didn’t come alone, he brought some mean pirates from the deepest parts of his kingdom. It made him very happy to baptize some of our guests, making them drink iguana blood and kiss his pet fish. Not too far from Ecuador volcano when we were about to anchor, the bridge spotted Orcas near the coast. Since early this morning I had the feeling that something really special was going to happen today, and indeed it happened! We boarded the Zodiacs hoping to find the orcas again, and we found a pod of at least seven, two adults and five juveniles. We knew they were hungry and ready to take anything, and guess who the victims were this time, our friends the ocean sun fish! We couldn’t believe what our eyes were witnessing, they were catching ocean sun fishes in front of our boats. They kept biting and pushing the fish upwards; at times we saw almost the whole body of the Mola molas out of the water. We could only marvel at nature at its best.
We are in the richest and coolest part of the Galápagos Islands; therefore we began early, enjoying the remains of a volcano which is a great habitat for sea birds. This area is well known for marine mammals too, and indeed we saw bottled-nosed dolphins feeding in the shallows. Later on, while crossing the Equator line, we had a very unusual visitor, King Neptune himself. He didn’t come alone, he brought some mean pirates from the deepest parts of his kingdom. It made him very happy to baptize some of our guests, making them drink iguana blood and kiss his pet fish. Not too far from Ecuador volcano when we were about to anchor, the bridge spotted Orcas near the coast. Since early this morning I had the feeling that something really special was going to happen today, and indeed it happened! We boarded the Zodiacs hoping to find the orcas again, and we found a pod of at least seven, two adults and five juveniles. We knew they were hungry and ready to take anything, and guess who the victims were this time, our friends the ocean sun fish! We couldn’t believe what our eyes were witnessing, they were catching ocean sun fishes in front of our boats. They kept biting and pushing the fish upwards; at times we saw almost the whole body of the Mola molas out of the water. We could only marvel at nature at its best.
