Santiago Island: Sullivan Bay

Our next site is in view of the famous Pinnacle Rock, an area on the main island of Santiago known as Sullivan Bay, named for James Sullivan, 2nd Lieutenant on board the H.M.S. Beagle when she arrived with Charles Darwin in 1835.

Our late afternoon hike begins with a dry landing on a remarkable lava flow little more than a hundred and twenty years old. On the way in, our naturalists find penguins! The eruption that produced this extensive field of lava was witnessed in 1897. We walk over smooth “pahoehoe”, or ropy, lava and avoid patches of sharp broken up “aa” lava for a round trip of about two miles on amazing volcanic formations including cinder cones, spatter cones, hornitos, Pele’s hair and tree casts. Non hikers took a Zodiac cruise.. In 1997, Linblad Expeditions “adopted” Santiago Island and created a special fund (now the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund for Galápagos). Thorough which guests help support a major eradication effort to eliminate feral goats and pigs from the island. Today, the goats and pigs are completely gone, thanks in part to donations from some 20,000 visiting guests.Читать далее