Galapagos (4) - Isabela

Los Túneles
Around a 40 minute boat ride 🛥 from Puerto Villamil is the outstanding spot for snorkeling 🤿, formed by convoluted lava formations standing between mangroves and the open sea.
To reach the spot our captain had to find the way through the rough big waves and navigated through the rocks 🪨 We walked on top of the lava tunnels with our guide who explained the history and vegetation. We were lucky and spotted two blue-footed boobies.
We had two more snorkeling spots 🤿, where we spotted a sea horse, a lot of sea turtles 🐢, white-tipped sharks and baby sharks 🦈.

At everytime a wild animal passed our way we just asked ourself: „How is that possible? Why are these animals so fearless and not annoyed of the snorkeling people?“ Why do they want to swim with us?“

My personal highlight was the manta ray on our way back.
We ended up on the beach in the evening and just tried to realized how lucky we were.Leer más