Isabela and Fernandina Islands
Very early in the morning, we started our circumnavigation at Roca Redonda. This is the shelter of an incredible amount of sea birds species such as the Galápagos shearwaters, storm petrels, nazca boobies, red billed tropicbirds and frigatebirds. The rock indeed is the tip of a submerge volcano that has approximately nine thousand feet of high.
The day was a bit cloudy, and a very mild mist (garua) surrounded us during part of the navigation. After several loops around the formation, we headed down south to cross the Equator line at a longitude of 91.375 degrees west. As the tradition suggested, we officially baptized our guests with a new nautical name: Shellbacks!
After a short navigation along side Ecuador Volcano, we dropped anchor at its southern rim, Punta Vicente Roca. We had a Zodiac ride that was simply amazing! We found the famous Mola mola, also known as the ocean sun fish. One single female sunfish could carry up to three hundred millions of eggs, making the sunfish one of the most fertile species on earth. Their skin is so thick that reaches six inches and protects them from shark attacks. As we were cruising on our Zodiacs, we observed one of them jumping off the water in a spectacular display!
Later on, as we continued our adventure, a very lucky guest took a nice shot of a blue footed booby right at the moment when it was about to hit the water in front of the Zodiac, and we decided that it was worth to share with everyone!
Lots of green sea turtles were found feeding on the algae that grows at the bottom of the sea, therefore we took our chance and had our snorkeling outing right here. It was phenomenal, and the turtles were definitely the stars of the whole snorkeling.
Once back on board, we started our navigation heading to Fernandina Island. This is what we consider the jewel of the Galápagos archipelago, not only because it is really a pretty island, but also because it is one of the most pristine places on earth.
Very early in the morning, we started our circumnavigation at Roca Redonda. This is the shelter of an incredible amount of sea birds species such as the Galápagos shearwaters, storm petrels, nazca boobies, red billed tropicbirds and frigatebirds. The rock indeed is the tip of a submerge volcano that has approximately nine thousand feet of high.
The day was a bit cloudy, and a very mild mist (garua) surrounded us during part of the navigation. After several loops around the formation, we headed down south to cross the Equator line at a longitude of 91.375 degrees west. As the tradition suggested, we officially baptized our guests with a new nautical name: Shellbacks!
After a short navigation along side Ecuador Volcano, we dropped anchor at its southern rim, Punta Vicente Roca. We had a Zodiac ride that was simply amazing! We found the famous Mola mola, also known as the ocean sun fish. One single female sunfish could carry up to three hundred millions of eggs, making the sunfish one of the most fertile species on earth. Their skin is so thick that reaches six inches and protects them from shark attacks. As we were cruising on our Zodiacs, we observed one of them jumping off the water in a spectacular display!
Later on, as we continued our adventure, a very lucky guest took a nice shot of a blue footed booby right at the moment when it was about to hit the water in front of the Zodiac, and we decided that it was worth to share with everyone!
Lots of green sea turtles were found feeding on the algae that grows at the bottom of the sea, therefore we took our chance and had our snorkeling outing right here. It was phenomenal, and the turtles were definitely the stars of the whole snorkeling.
Once back on board, we started our navigation heading to Fernandina Island. This is what we consider the jewel of the Galápagos archipelago, not only because it is really a pretty island, but also because it is one of the most pristine places on earth.
