Galapagos (3) - Isabela

Isabela is the largest island of the archipelago, but despite its size and imposing skyline of active volcanoes, it’s the delicate sights like frigates flying as high as the clouds or penguins 🐧 making their way along the cliffs.

We rented bikes for the whole day and first made our way to Puerto Villamil where we snorkeled in the lagoon “Concha de Perla”. Despite a lot of small colorful tropical fishes, we have seen a sea turtle 🐢, a stingray, white dotted rays, marine iguanas, sea stars ⭐️, Sally lightfoot crabs 🦀 and a sea lion 🦭.
After this great start in the day, we passed Pozo Salinas where we have seen a wonderful pink orange flamingo 🦩.
We continued our way to “Muro de las Làgrimas” (Wall of tears) - a 100m-long wall of lava rocks built by convicts under harsh and abusive conditions. On the way we have passed 5 giant tortoises 🐢 before we hiked up to some viewpoints. On the way back we enjoyed fresh coconut and a fresh dip into the Pacific Ocean 🌊 after a very hot, humid and sweaty bike tour.Read more