Galapagos day five

Wow! Amazing! Fantastic!

I will go straight to the highlight.

We saw a male and female orca hunting for food.
Absolutely incredible. Apparently you might see this once every two years.

Oh and Isabela and Fernandina islands today.

We were out in the zodiacs and these two orcas were jumping and diving as they chased their prey. In this case turtles. They would swim right under our boats and then jump right in front of us. There were also swarms of frigates diving and picking at the poor turtle. Pretty gruesome.

The frigates were flying about 10 cms from our heads - it was crazy! Tippi would have been nervous!

We were looking at iguanas and sea lions along the shore but that went by the wayside as soon as the orcas made their presence known.

In the afternoon ses lions iguanas crabs and birds. And a wild ocean.Read more