Isabella Island

Slept really well last night but could have done with more as we had to be at the pier for 6:20am to take the 1hr 50min boat trip to Isabella Island. I normally can't sleep on trains, buses, boats, but I dozed on and off the whole way. Really glad we haven't booked anything tomorrow, I need to catch up on some sleep.

In the morning we did a boat trip around the lagoon and saw a colony of the northern most penguins in the world. The only penguins in the Northern hemisphere, albeit only just in the Northern hemisphere. Also for the first time we saw blue footed boobys, frigate birds, a reef shark, stingray and turtles.

We had lunch at restaurant in Isabella overlooking a beautiful long, sandy and almost deserted beach. The nicest spot I've seen in our time in Galapagos.

In the afternoon we finally got to see some giant tortoises who were part of a breeding programme. Including a few tortoises who were taking their reproductive duties quite seriously. Apparently they can take between 2 to 3hrs to do the business, I could see why it takes so long, because there didn't seem to be too much action happening while we were watching. Maybe he was shy.Leggi altro