Isabela Island Galapagos & Los Túneles

Today we booked a guided trip through the lava tunnels on the coast of Isabela. These are the remnants of the huge lava flows that built the islands over millennia 🌋🤯 The tunnels are formed close to the sea where the water and sea breeze cools the surface of the lava whilst the underneath continues to flow. When the lava flow stops the hollow crust is left. This slowly collapses to reveal the tunnels we see today.
Now it is home to tropical fish, reef sharks and loads of sea turtles (apparently the tunnels are a bit of a highway for the turtles on their way to/from the open ocean 🛣) of which we saw plenty. We also saw blue footed boobys and their babies, or baby boobys to use the Latin. When we set off from the port we were even lucky enough to spot a couple of penguins! 🐧😯 It was an amazing trip, awesome landscape, Crystal clear water and incredible wildlife. Couldn't ask for more!Les mer