Our new guests arrived yesterday and today was the first full day of our expedition in the Galapagos Islands. The first stop was South Plaza, where we disembarked very early in the morning to take advantage of wildlife being more active at that time. In Plazas you can observe a wide variety of wildlife, including yellow land iguanas, a large colony of sea lions, swallow-tailed gulls and their chicks, tropicbirds, and lava lizards.
The afternoon started with deep-water snorkeling in the calm and clear waters of Santa Fe Island. Soon after we left the ship again, this time to explore this island by land and find the unique species that is found only here: the Santa Fe land iguana.
It was definitely a great first day in this magical archipelago!
