Isabela and Fernandina Islands
To go to the western archipelago, i.e. the islands of Isabela and Fernandina, is always gratifying. At six in the morning, sunrise promised to be magnificent. At the end, it wasn’t, however the energy that was displayed in that moment was mesmerizing.
Soon after, the M/S Polaris was circumnavigating Redondo Rock on where we had a brief contact with just four bottle-nosed dolphins and the presence of thousand of sea birds that currently nest on that sea volcano summit.
We crossed the equator, and all of our guests were able to wish each other the typical “happy equator to you” followed by the presence of at least 400 striped dolphins.
The striped dolphins are not common in the Galápagos waters, and today seeing them all around was refreshing. In the last five or six months, cetaceans have been rather scarce due to who knows what natural condition. On the other hand, these small dolphins are not very friendly down here and as a general rule they, unlike the bottle-nosed dolphins, don’t approach boats. So today we were blessed by nature with the presence of these beautiful and slender cetaceans.
A couple of hours later, we were snorkelling at the base of Ecuador volcano in a place called Punta Vicente Roca where in just 45 minutes we had the company of six penguins, two flightless cormorants, no less than thirty Pacific green turtles and two huge Manta rays. A couple of Fur seals and a Galápagos sea lion were playing around and exchanging glances with us.
The afternoon was also formidable, for our landing on Fernandina Island proved to be magic. The two Galápagos hawks that were constantly hovering over our heads, the nestling Great blue heron and the Flightless cormorants that for one year and four months haven’t stop nesting; reminded us that the power of nature goes beyond all of our reasoning.
To go to the western archipelago, i.e. the islands of Isabela and Fernandina, is always gratifying. At six in the morning, sunrise promised to be magnificent. At the end, it wasn’t, however the energy that was displayed in that moment was mesmerizing.
Soon after, the M/S Polaris was circumnavigating Redondo Rock on where we had a brief contact with just four bottle-nosed dolphins and the presence of thousand of sea birds that currently nest on that sea volcano summit.
We crossed the equator, and all of our guests were able to wish each other the typical “happy equator to you” followed by the presence of at least 400 striped dolphins.
The striped dolphins are not common in the Galápagos waters, and today seeing them all around was refreshing. In the last five or six months, cetaceans have been rather scarce due to who knows what natural condition. On the other hand, these small dolphins are not very friendly down here and as a general rule they, unlike the bottle-nosed dolphins, don’t approach boats. So today we were blessed by nature with the presence of these beautiful and slender cetaceans.
A couple of hours later, we were snorkelling at the base of Ecuador volcano in a place called Punta Vicente Roca where in just 45 minutes we had the company of six penguins, two flightless cormorants, no less than thirty Pacific green turtles and two huge Manta rays. A couple of Fur seals and a Galápagos sea lion were playing around and exchanging glances with us.
The afternoon was also formidable, for our landing on Fernandina Island proved to be magic. The two Galápagos hawks that were constantly hovering over our heads, the nestling Great blue heron and the Flightless cormorants that for one year and four months haven’t stop nesting; reminded us that the power of nature goes beyond all of our reasoning.
