On to the Galapagos!

After a 2-hour flight from Guayaquil, we arrived on Santa Cruz Island and boarded the La Pinta yacht, along with 40 other passengers, for our Galapagos adventure. Immediately after lunch, we got into pangas (Spanish for dinghys, or in our case, Zodiac boats) for the short ride to hike/walk on North Seymour Island. As we walked across the red volcanic soil, we found blue-footed boobies. The males waddled and strutted around the females showing off their bright aqua webbed feet for their mating rituals. The females have blue feet too, and are slightly larger than the males.

Next up, we found frigate birds—also making nice mating displays by puffing up their bright red neck pouch. We also saw some more land iguanas.

It’s wonderful how close we can get to all these creatures without frightening them off.Les mer