Galapagos: Floreana

Our morning began with a tour of the islands coast in our dingy boats. This allowed us to get up close and personal with the islands wildlife. We saw sea lions, turtles, penguins, iguanas, blue footed boobies and herons. My favourite was a sea lion pup who was very playful with our boat and kept jumping up to say hi 🙂

We then stopped on the island and went to Post Office Bay. This was used as a post office by whaling vessels in the 18th century. Today it is used by tourists who leave unstamped letters for other tourists pick up and deliver. Of course I had to participate in the tradition- let's see if works.

We then did two lots of snorkeling, the first from the beach where we saw so many turtles. It was so special to be swimming alongside these beautiful animals. The second was a deep water snorkel, where we saw more fish, turtles and even spotted a shark. When we got back on the dingy someone spotted something in the distance. When we got closer we realised it was a humpback whale!! It stayed with us for a bit and got really close to the boat, being a maximum of 5m away. Such a special moment!

Finally for the day we went for a walk around the north of the island. Here we spent time on the beautiful beaches as well as getting to see the flamingo lagoon. The island only is home to 150 people making it very untouched and natural.Read more