Fernandina and Isabela Islands
These wonderful islands were today at their best. Everywhere we looked, something interesting or beautiful caught our attention. It is not easy to describe briefly everything we have experienced today. Sally Lightfoot crabs, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, Galapagos penguins, common dolphins and sea lions were perfect actors. They performed against the most spectacular volcanic background you can imagine, blue skies and seas meshed with lava on the horizon. For me, today has been one of those days when it is certainly very difficult to choose a single picture to show it to you all. I finally made a decision: I chose two of them.
One picture is a very cooperative Sally Lightfoot crab. These colorful crabs are sort of skittish, but today this one let me approach to a very close range. I took this picture just some inches away without using a powerful telephoto lens. This crab species’ striking color contrasts incredibly with its black lava habitat. Sally Lightfoot crabs pass through different age colorations. When young they are black, this dark color camouflages them as protection against predators. Once they grow, and after several color phases, they turn gloriously red. At a closer look they are not only red but they show glimpses of yellow and blue color. The second picture, a mother with a newborn pup sleeping. What else can I say in addition to all the praising comments our guests have already made? Just one comes to my head right now - “Whoaw!” It was truly magical to watch a sea lion mother together with its offspring. Both were tossing and turning when the ocean waves hit them from time to time. The little one still had its umbilical cord attached to it!
The crab and the sea lions are just examples about what the Galapagos are about: one of the last paradises on Earth! If I keep on writing I will need a lot of space to describe just some of today’s events. If you are following our Web site, or if you just log on for the first time, with just these two examples in a single day can’t you just wonder how wonderful and magical the Galapagos Islands are? Come and visit us to experience it, and if you have been already here, I bet your heart is filled with emotion now while you are reading this. The Galapagos magic is touching you again…
These wonderful islands were today at their best. Everywhere we looked, something interesting or beautiful caught our attention. It is not easy to describe briefly everything we have experienced today. Sally Lightfoot crabs, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, Galapagos penguins, common dolphins and sea lions were perfect actors. They performed against the most spectacular volcanic background you can imagine, blue skies and seas meshed with lava on the horizon. For me, today has been one of those days when it is certainly very difficult to choose a single picture to show it to you all. I finally made a decision: I chose two of them.
One picture is a very cooperative Sally Lightfoot crab. These colorful crabs are sort of skittish, but today this one let me approach to a very close range. I took this picture just some inches away without using a powerful telephoto lens. This crab species’ striking color contrasts incredibly with its black lava habitat. Sally Lightfoot crabs pass through different age colorations. When young they are black, this dark color camouflages them as protection against predators. Once they grow, and after several color phases, they turn gloriously red. At a closer look they are not only red but they show glimpses of yellow and blue color. The second picture, a mother with a newborn pup sleeping. What else can I say in addition to all the praising comments our guests have already made? Just one comes to my head right now - “Whoaw!” It was truly magical to watch a sea lion mother together with its offspring. Both were tossing and turning when the ocean waves hit them from time to time. The little one still had its umbilical cord attached to it!
The crab and the sea lions are just examples about what the Galapagos are about: one of the last paradises on Earth! If I keep on writing I will need a lot of space to describe just some of today’s events. If you are following our Web site, or if you just log on for the first time, with just these two examples in a single day can’t you just wonder how wonderful and magical the Galapagos Islands are? Come and visit us to experience it, and if you have been already here, I bet your heart is filled with emotion now while you are reading this. The Galapagos magic is touching you again…
