Day 2 Galápagos... Pinzón & La Fay

So today we took a boat trip our to first La Fay and then Pinzón Island. We had both never snorkeled before so we were super excited about seeing the different wildlife... And it was absolutely amazing 😊😁😘 loved every minute of it! At La Fay we stopped for an hour with our small group and tour guide to explore the shallow waters for wildlife, we managed to see soo many types of tropical fish and a sting ray hiding in the sand at the bottom of the ocean. After our 1 hour at La Fay we travelled an hour to our next snorkeling spot; at Pinzón which, unbeknown to us, was much deeper and a little colder, but the water here is pretty warm tbh, even though people wore wetsuits! So after getting ready on board with our flippers and snorkel, we got in the water, only to look down and see a reef shark swimming under us as we all piled into the water 😂🦈😅 it was pretty scary to be greeted with on such short notice but absolutely awesome to see in the open water 🤗😍... Don't worry nobody got eaten! Again we had another hour here to explore the deeper waters and shallower waters near Pinzón Island. Here we saw soo much! It was incredible! Again we saw so many tropical fish, but also massive schools of them where you couldn't literally see the bottom, as there were soo many! We got to see an optopus swimming then changing from black to grey/white spots as it landed on a rock (it was trying to hide from us!) As we swam along to the shallower parts we saw a few more sting rays and got to swim alongside a sea turtle 🐢 sooo amazing 😍🏊. As we started to return to the boat we clocked another see turtle swimming along, another reef shark in the shallows and we took a rest in the shallow area to watch 3 baby sealions playing in the water near us, with its mum watching us closely on the rockside! As we made it back to the boat, on board they made us a lovely fish lunch and we enjoyed a relaxed journey back to mainland in the late afternoon. Although i will add I got giddy with my phone, filming the sealions and didn't realise it had got wet on the trip (even though I had a waterproof case) and subsequently the charging port broke, and wouldn't charge! But luckily we found a place that would fix it... Soo lucky 🍀 which means no lost travel pics and vids... Woo close one! 😂Read more