Bartolome Island
Today our journey in the Galápagos Islands took us to a very enchanted area, Bartolome Island. Located at the center of the archipelago, this small island is considered to be an open text-book for geology. The settings were perfect and the sky was clear, we could have not wish for a better way to start a day.
An announcement at six o’clock in the morning (no, we are not kidding!) made us get up from our comfortable beds, just to find an incredible view of the famous “pinnacle rock” sitting not too far away from our ship.
By six fifteen we all were already on the island climbing the side hills of a partly-eroded tuff cone. The view from the summit was breath-taking and it was surely worth the effort of climbing over three hundred wooden steps to conquer it.
After a well deserved breakfast, we all headed out to a tiny bay full of sparkling, golden grains of sand.
The snorkeling around the pinnacle rock offered us our first opportunity to see white-reef shark and penguins under water.
It was hard to leave such an amazing place behind, but the island of Santiago awaited us. With open arms (or should I say open hills?) the bay received us, and in almost no time we were landing on the black shores of the bay. As we walked along the shores, the peacefulness felt on the island’s surroundings invaded our very souls. It was such a magical time that I am sure everybody enjoyed. Some of us decided to sit down and just observe the sea lions’ behavior.
As the sun started to set on the west the light got better and, it was like a photographers’ dream to see the soft-golden light bathing the island and its inhabitants. Luckily, this is not a dream, and even if it is, we still have another five days of it…
Today our journey in the Galápagos Islands took us to a very enchanted area, Bartolome Island. Located at the center of the archipelago, this small island is considered to be an open text-book for geology. The settings were perfect and the sky was clear, we could have not wish for a better way to start a day.
An announcement at six o’clock in the morning (no, we are not kidding!) made us get up from our comfortable beds, just to find an incredible view of the famous “pinnacle rock” sitting not too far away from our ship.
By six fifteen we all were already on the island climbing the side hills of a partly-eroded tuff cone. The view from the summit was breath-taking and it was surely worth the effort of climbing over three hundred wooden steps to conquer it.
After a well deserved breakfast, we all headed out to a tiny bay full of sparkling, golden grains of sand.
The snorkeling around the pinnacle rock offered us our first opportunity to see white-reef shark and penguins under water.
It was hard to leave such an amazing place behind, but the island of Santiago awaited us. With open arms (or should I say open hills?) the bay received us, and in almost no time we were landing on the black shores of the bay. As we walked along the shores, the peacefulness felt on the island’s surroundings invaded our very souls. It was such a magical time that I am sure everybody enjoyed. Some of us decided to sit down and just observe the sea lions’ behavior.
As the sun started to set on the west the light got better and, it was like a photographers’ dream to see the soft-golden light bathing the island and its inhabitants. Luckily, this is not a dream, and even if it is, we still have another five days of it…
