Tortoise Ranch

The rough sea eventually calmed enough to get the speed boat speeding and we arrived back on Santa Cruz. We are going to a tortoise ranch. Jorge is our guide and as we ride the bus he has about 30 minutes to talk about tortoises. I have heard a lot about tortoises now.
Anyhow, the tortoise ranch isn’t a breeding centre, but tortoises do breed here and as they get old enough, they move them to a less protected environment. Ranch, from my experience seems like a stretch of the meaning of the word, but you do do get boots and moonshine to round out the edges of your time here. Rubber boots, and Dianne sampled the moonshine.Read more