Floreana Island
We dropped anchor at the legendary Post Office Bay, located in the northern part of Floreana Island. Floreana is also known as Charles Island, and long ago, it was the base of whaling fleets from different countries. They collected giant tortoises as food supplies which were kept alive for a long time. Some of them were known to survive well over a year without food or water. They also collected sea turtles for the same reason, and this particular species was easily caught when laying their eggs at night.
The most common of the sea turtle species found at the Galápagos is the East Pacific Sea turtle, which we encountered today as we made our way to the island. It was six thirty in the morning when we were already landing at the famous post office beach. We spotted a female green sea turtle covering her eggs with sand before she started her way back to the ocean. She would leave them here to be incubated by the temperature trapped in the layers of sand, taking approximately two months to hatch. Finally, after such intense work, she made her way back to the water before the increasing hit of the morning might kill her.
Once done with breakfast, we enjoyed a great deal the snorkeling off the Island of Champion. There were plenty of tropical fish, sea stars, coral heads and lots of sea lions to play with.
In the afternoon, we moved to Punta Cormorant. We explored a path that skirts a lagoon with Flamingoes in it. Such a wonderful hue of pink was shining with the sunlight far in the distance, and despite the fact that our flamingoes’ population is not that big, we found them in a very healthy number.
By the end of the day, we went back to the ship charmed by the beauty of this wonderful paradise in the earth ready for a new sunrise and more adventures…
We dropped anchor at the legendary Post Office Bay, located in the northern part of Floreana Island. Floreana is also known as Charles Island, and long ago, it was the base of whaling fleets from different countries. They collected giant tortoises as food supplies which were kept alive for a long time. Some of them were known to survive well over a year without food or water. They also collected sea turtles for the same reason, and this particular species was easily caught when laying their eggs at night.
The most common of the sea turtle species found at the Galápagos is the East Pacific Sea turtle, which we encountered today as we made our way to the island. It was six thirty in the morning when we were already landing at the famous post office beach. We spotted a female green sea turtle covering her eggs with sand before she started her way back to the ocean. She would leave them here to be incubated by the temperature trapped in the layers of sand, taking approximately two months to hatch. Finally, after such intense work, she made her way back to the water before the increasing hit of the morning might kill her.
Once done with breakfast, we enjoyed a great deal the snorkeling off the Island of Champion. There were plenty of tropical fish, sea stars, coral heads and lots of sea lions to play with.
In the afternoon, we moved to Punta Cormorant. We explored a path that skirts a lagoon with Flamingoes in it. Such a wonderful hue of pink was shining with the sunlight far in the distance, and despite the fact that our flamingoes’ population is not that big, we found them in a very healthy number.
By the end of the day, we went back to the ship charmed by the beauty of this wonderful paradise in the earth ready for a new sunrise and more adventures…
