Isabela and Fernandina Islands
Today we woke up early in the morning to begin another exiting day at the Galápagos Islands. Our destination at this point was Roca Redonda, known also as round rock. This is an ancient, collapsed volcano that shows above water only its very tip. While we were doing our circumnavigation at it, a group of bottle nose dolphins joined us and performed a nice display of their natural abilities.
Right after breakfast we crossed the equator line with all the pompousness that an event like that requires. The tradition compels that King Neptune should come on board to baptize some of the guests on board, specially the youngest ones, who at the sight of the pirates, ran for their lives! This time King Neptune was very benevolent and did not sacrifice any of our guests, but made them drink the famous “iguana blood” and gave them all new names accordingly to this area.
Later on, we sailed along the coast of Ecuador volcano, having a dramatic view of the inside of the half collapsed giant.
We dropped anchor at Punta Vicente Roca and went off to explore the surroundings on board of the Zodiacs. We got to see flightless cormorants, iguanas and even the fish known as Mola mola or Ocean sun fish. This gigantic fish can reach up to 10 feet in length!
For the afternoon we visited Punta Espinoza located in Fernandina Island. Large populations of marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, Galápagos penguins, sea lions, Galápagos hawks and many other species were found here living in harmony. After such a beautiful day we came back to the ship to enjoy a really nice sunset, looking forward to a new day to come.
Today we woke up early in the morning to begin another exiting day at the Galápagos Islands. Our destination at this point was Roca Redonda, known also as round rock. This is an ancient, collapsed volcano that shows above water only its very tip. While we were doing our circumnavigation at it, a group of bottle nose dolphins joined us and performed a nice display of their natural abilities.
Right after breakfast we crossed the equator line with all the pompousness that an event like that requires. The tradition compels that King Neptune should come on board to baptize some of the guests on board, specially the youngest ones, who at the sight of the pirates, ran for their lives! This time King Neptune was very benevolent and did not sacrifice any of our guests, but made them drink the famous “iguana blood” and gave them all new names accordingly to this area.
Later on, we sailed along the coast of Ecuador volcano, having a dramatic view of the inside of the half collapsed giant.
We dropped anchor at Punta Vicente Roca and went off to explore the surroundings on board of the Zodiacs. We got to see flightless cormorants, iguanas and even the fish known as Mola mola or Ocean sun fish. This gigantic fish can reach up to 10 feet in length!
For the afternoon we visited Punta Espinoza located in Fernandina Island. Large populations of marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, Galápagos penguins, sea lions, Galápagos hawks and many other species were found here living in harmony. After such a beautiful day we came back to the ship to enjoy a really nice sunset, looking forward to a new day to come.
