Galapagos – Day 7 (May 3)

Early morning zodiac ride into a mangrove area! We saw lots of sea turtle as they cruised through the area and under our boat! We also saw a flock of rays cruise by – all kinds – golden and black.  On the way out we got to see our first flightless cormorants and a couple penguins.

It was a really neat tour through the mangroves to see all the different types of wild life and plants!  It was a little hard to see everything since everyone was trying to see too! And I was convinced that the whole boat was going to flip over since everyone was running to one side or the other!

We were supposed to see whales and dolphins on our lunch time cruise, but they didn’t come out. Sigh.  But we did enjoy a nice nap! Naps are great!

Our afternoon activity was a hike around Espinoza Point on Fernandina Island. We started with a landing on a submerged doc and our path was blocked by a sea lion looking for a cool place to hide!  We came across a giant whale skeleton, and then onto see the biggest marine iguanas in the glapagos! They were all fat and sluggish, resting in the sun.  We also saw yet another example of the circle of life when we came across a dead baby sea turtle (the only baby sea turtle we saw on the trip). 

We continued our walk inland. Crossing over multiple types of lava. Some mini tubes, some cragglies, some chunks, some crumbles. Very neat to see all the different types and different layers of flow. 

Then we enjoyed “Dinner under the Stars”. We got to eat on the deck, and there was a really cool pink sunset!

After dinner we got to go up top with on of the first officers and see the starts. He pointed out quite a number of different constellations