Volcan Ecuador & Fernandina Island
Yet more of our Mola Mola sightings seem to have won the crowd once again today. The huge fins that showed above the surface during our panga ride around Punta Vicente Roca were so persuasive that we had one snorkeler who couldn’t resist a closer view. In she went and the report back was of an animal “much bigger” than her. The turtles were also in huge numbers as our snorkelers lost count of them. Their numbers are really building up and many of them have been seen mating: a significant feature of Galapagos waters that will last for six months.
Our afternoon visit to Fernandina was at high spring tide. Part of the walk is on a small peninsula, which at high tide is almost cut off by the sea. To have crashing waves all around in such a remote area made us feel as if we were walking on water. A good number of flightless cormorants and baby iguanas nearby added to the experience. Sunset was fantastic with tremendous colors reflecting on the sea lions as they came out of the sea. As the sun went down, we watched as one bull sea lion wooed a female into the water to take care of next year’s offspring.
Yet more of our Mola Mola sightings seem to have won the crowd once again today. The huge fins that showed above the surface during our panga ride around Punta Vicente Roca were so persuasive that we had one snorkeler who couldn’t resist a closer view. In she went and the report back was of an animal “much bigger” than her. The turtles were also in huge numbers as our snorkelers lost count of them. Their numbers are really building up and many of them have been seen mating: a significant feature of Galapagos waters that will last for six months.
Our afternoon visit to Fernandina was at high spring tide. Part of the walk is on a small peninsula, which at high tide is almost cut off by the sea. To have crashing waves all around in such a remote area made us feel as if we were walking on water. A good number of flightless cormorants and baby iguanas nearby added to the experience. Sunset was fantastic with tremendous colors reflecting on the sea lions as they came out of the sea. As the sun went down, we watched as one bull sea lion wooed a female into the water to take care of next year’s offspring.
