FUN-travel: South America – Galapagos Islands – Day 3 & 4
February 14, 2012 by Susan Clarke
Day 6 – Thursday, February 9 – Bahia Ballena, Santa Cruz Island & Rabida Island- billowy white clouds, warm, high 80’s
Lorena the Land Tortoise
- Bad News – same wake up drill @6:30
- 1st Excursion – 8 am wet landing w/walk around main hill
Yellow Warbler or Canary
- Good News – see land tortoise & birds
- Bad News – too rough to snorkel – back to ship 10 am
- Good News – nice lunch w/lots of food options & back to room to siesta!
- 2nd Excursion – 3 to 5 pm – Rabida Island
- Good News – 1 hour easy walk – red sand beach caused from iron
- Good News – snorkeling – see 2 fish I’ve never seen before
- Good News – pouring rain starts when we’re back on board
FF (FUN-facts) – Galapagos consists of 19 volcanic islands the straddle the equator 600 miles of the Ecuadorian Coast.
Galpagos Frigate
Day 7 – Friday, February 10 – Santa Cruz & Plazas Islands – billowy white clouds, warm, high 80’s
- Really Bad News – 6:15 wakeup call
Spring Blooms
- 1st Excursion – 7:30 depart for Charles Darwin Research Station
- Bad News – 1 hour bus ride
- More Bad News – arrive Puerto Arroyo (other side of the island – wonder why they didn’t anchor ship here and eliminate bus ride)
- Good News – see massive land turtles weighing up to 500 lbs & land iguanas
- Good News – have time to walk in town
- Good News – freshly caught fish are cleaned & sold in town square
- Good News – local pelicans & seals jockey for the scraps
- Bad News – arrive 12:30 after bus ride back
- Good News – more good food @ lunch & nice siesta!
- 2nd Excursion – 3 pm Plazas Island
Newborn Nasca Chick
- Good News – zodiac tour – see lots of birds, huge sea lion nursery – protected pups playing in tide pools
- Good News/Bad News – nice big 10 ft. shark trolling the waters for some local lunch
- Good News – easy 90 minute walk – see beautiful red, orange, green low lying bushes & huge yellow blooming cactus
FF – Galapagos was UNESCO’s first named World Heritage Site in 1978.