Could have spent all day day here, the perfect spot with a beer in your hand.

A blue footed booby and Galapagos penguins.

The turtle was eating away at something on the rocks.

In or out, he couldn't make his mind up.

Everything seems to be built for their convenience.

Must have been some wave that dumped this boat at the side of the road.

Definitely taking his breeding duties seriously.

Flat topped tortoises have longer legs and neck to reach higher vegetation. A sort of giraffe really

Very clear about what they do at the tortoise centre.

A frigate bird, apparently it can fly for upto 14 days.

Isabella Island

January 26, 2025 in Ecuador ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

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.Read more