Pictures from our thirteenth day on the Galápagos islands.
Lake Darwin
The lake is salty
Tagus cove with two ships, and lake Darwin
We had a nice snorkel at the Tagus cove, but no pictures
Tagus cove with two ships, and lake Darwin
Plus Claudia and Alex
The lookout offers a nice panorama
Isabela consists of five shield volcanoes, the lava merging them all into the biggest island
Lava formations at the lookout
Scalesia forests from above
Scalesia microcephala and Scalesia cordata, says the guide book
Darwin finch
10 of the 13 finches can be found on Isabela
I spent quite some time trying to take these pictures
The birds are so fast!
I'm happy we didn't see vampire finches
They live on Wolff island and peck the boobies, licking up their blood, because there is very little water on the island… Yuck!
Claudia on the sun deck
Looking to the left: we'll visit that cave!
Vicente Roca Point
What an incredible coastline
There is no beach to walk on
Punta Vicente Roca
We went looking for sunfish (mola mola), but just glimpsed a few fins.
We can't see the boobies swarm diving on the picture
An amazing sight, to see five or ten of them diving into the water from 20m or more, at up to 100km/h
Alex
Claudia
Entering the cave
It's not a big cave
Inside, on a perch, we saw a fur seal resting on a rock, in the shadows
Noddies
They often steal the brown pelican's catch, says the guide book
A blue footed booby colony
Blue footed booby
Noddies
Anous stolidus galapagensis
Juvenile brown pelican
Blue footed booby showing a blue foot
More blue footed boobies on tiny outcrops
The white stuff is … guano-to-be!
Noddies
Those stones offer very little space to stand on
Masced booby
Masced booby
Juvenile frigate bird
Remember, they can't dive into the water so they rely on boobies to fetch the fish.
Looking for mola mola!
Out here, the sea was a bit rougher and seeing a glimpse of a fin is not as impressive as meeting them on a dive, I'm sure
Looking for fur seals
Crossed the equator!
Sunset!
