Isabela and Fernandina Islands
Today we sailed through Bolivar’s Channel. This is an immense body of water that separates the island of Isabela from Fernandina here at the western most side of the Galápagos Islands. These two islands are considered the most volcanically active of all in the archipelago, and only about a month ago, we had the last eruption in Sierra Negra volcano, at the southern side of Isabela Island. Despite the fact that the eruption only lasted for 10 days, it was a very impressive one!
We dedicated the morning looking for marine mammals while we circumnavigated an area called Roca Redonda. We didn’t have to wait too long for the call through the PA system, when we heard the shout, Dolphins! It was only a small group of bottle nosed dolphins which were feeding in the early hours of the day, but it was very nice to get to see the bowl riding show.
After breakfast, we crossed the Equator line, and King Neptune came to baptize some of our guests, especially our younger ones who had never crossed the Equator line on a ship before. The rest of us were able to follow the ceremony and observed the GPS screen turning 0.00’.00”!
For our visit in the morning, we anchored at Punta Vicente Roca, located at the northern side of Isabela Island. In the blink of an eye, our Zodiacs were ready to take us on an interesting tour along the impressive cliffs of the hill near by. We observed many Pacific green sea turtles, Galápagos fur seals, penguins, marine iguanas, boobies, brown noddy terns, brown pelicans, and lots of Galápagos shearwaters.
It was too beautiful here that we decided to snorkel in this area. Shortly after our Zodiac tour, we jumped in the water to enjoy the fantastic marine life of this rich ecosystem.
For the afternoon, we visited Fernandina Island, where several options were offered so everyone could see and enjoy this beautiful place. We observed penguins, Galápagos flightless cormorants, sea lions, boobies, frigates, mockingbirds, and of course large numbers of marine iguanas all over the place. And to top it all, we stopped in our way back to enjoy peacefully the most beautiful sunset ever…
Today we sailed through Bolivar’s Channel. This is an immense body of water that separates the island of Isabela from Fernandina here at the western most side of the Galápagos Islands. These two islands are considered the most volcanically active of all in the archipelago, and only about a month ago, we had the last eruption in Sierra Negra volcano, at the southern side of Isabela Island. Despite the fact that the eruption only lasted for 10 days, it was a very impressive one!
We dedicated the morning looking for marine mammals while we circumnavigated an area called Roca Redonda. We didn’t have to wait too long for the call through the PA system, when we heard the shout, Dolphins! It was only a small group of bottle nosed dolphins which were feeding in the early hours of the day, but it was very nice to get to see the bowl riding show.
After breakfast, we crossed the Equator line, and King Neptune came to baptize some of our guests, especially our younger ones who had never crossed the Equator line on a ship before. The rest of us were able to follow the ceremony and observed the GPS screen turning 0.00’.00”!
For our visit in the morning, we anchored at Punta Vicente Roca, located at the northern side of Isabela Island. In the blink of an eye, our Zodiacs were ready to take us on an interesting tour along the impressive cliffs of the hill near by. We observed many Pacific green sea turtles, Galápagos fur seals, penguins, marine iguanas, boobies, brown noddy terns, brown pelicans, and lots of Galápagos shearwaters.
It was too beautiful here that we decided to snorkel in this area. Shortly after our Zodiac tour, we jumped in the water to enjoy the fantastic marine life of this rich ecosystem.
For the afternoon, we visited Fernandina Island, where several options were offered so everyone could see and enjoy this beautiful place. We observed penguins, Galápagos flightless cormorants, sea lions, boobies, frigates, mockingbirds, and of course large numbers of marine iguanas all over the place. And to top it all, we stopped in our way back to enjoy peacefully the most beautiful sunset ever…
