Isabela Island
The largest, active, and beautiful Isabela received us today with its charm and best sights. Many of our guests hiked up the second largest caldera in the world, Sierra Negra, where one can still see the fumaroles of the very last eruption in October last year. It was an invigorating walk with rewarding views. Not every visitor to this archipelago gets to see these huge shield volcanoes, and even more, get to the top of one, but we did!
Others chose to take a Zodiac ride to look for penguins. We saw not only penguins but lots of white tip reef sharks in “Las tintoreras,” a fissure in the lava with crystal clear water. There was a crazy sea lion that harassed a shark. The sea lion kept biting its tail, as if he wanted to show off as the king of the sea, while the shark just let him play.
Everybody joined up to visit the wetlands of Isabela, where we spotted flamingos and several shorebirds. A few guests, who are in love with tortoises, went to the Isabela breeding center to learn more about the amazing programs to restore Isabela tortoise populations.
We had a sea food barbecue at the beach. Many explored the lava rocks crowded with marine iguanas, and some played soccer while others biked through town. Our guests have so much energy, energy to do it all, and are doing it all!
By 3:00pm, we boarded our boats to head back home, but there were 18 Galápagos penguins waiting for us on the last lava flows of this beautiful island. The best farewell committee for an amazing day and an amazing island.
The largest, active, and beautiful Isabela received us today with its charm and best sights. Many of our guests hiked up the second largest caldera in the world, Sierra Negra, where one can still see the fumaroles of the very last eruption in October last year. It was an invigorating walk with rewarding views. Not every visitor to this archipelago gets to see these huge shield volcanoes, and even more, get to the top of one, but we did!
Others chose to take a Zodiac ride to look for penguins. We saw not only penguins but lots of white tip reef sharks in “Las tintoreras,” a fissure in the lava with crystal clear water. There was a crazy sea lion that harassed a shark. The sea lion kept biting its tail, as if he wanted to show off as the king of the sea, while the shark just let him play.
Everybody joined up to visit the wetlands of Isabela, where we spotted flamingos and several shorebirds. A few guests, who are in love with tortoises, went to the Isabela breeding center to learn more about the amazing programs to restore Isabela tortoise populations.
We had a sea food barbecue at the beach. Many explored the lava rocks crowded with marine iguanas, and some played soccer while others biked through town. Our guests have so much energy, energy to do it all, and are doing it all!
By 3:00pm, we boarded our boats to head back home, but there were 18 Galápagos penguins waiting for us on the last lava flows of this beautiful island. The best farewell committee for an amazing day and an amazing island.
