Galapagos: Yacht Darwin Day 1-3
After spending a few days in Puerto Ayora, we left for a week long boat cruise upon the Darwin. This was where we got to see the majority of the wildlife that the Galapagos are so famous for.
The red dots on the map below show where we went on the cruise.
Originally I was going to put all 7 days into 1 post, but by day 3 it was already obnoxiously long! Oops!
Day 1: Bachas Beach, Santa Cruz Island
I'm on a boat.
Alberto, our tour guide.
Shell of a Lobster.
Elise.
Sally Light-Footed Crab.
Our boat, the Darwin.
Black Necked Stilt.
Flamingo.
First snorkel of the trip.
Parrot Fish.
The helm of the boat.
Our cabin. The door leads to a small bathroom. All of our stuff had to fit on that shelf.
Day 2: South Plaza Island
Galapagos Sea Lion.
Galapagos Sea Lion pup.
What a life. Mom and pup.
Galapagos Sea Lion pup.
Marine Iguana.
Swallow-Tailed Gull.
Land Iguana.
Opuntia Cactus.
Land Iguana.
We normally didn't run into a lot of other tour groups, but on this day we were on the island at the same time as one of the larger touring boats.
The shininess of the rock is from sea lion excrement. After years of walking on it, it polished the rocks.
Such pretty colors!!
Swallow-Tailed Gull.
Finch eating an Opuntia.
One last land iguana.
Santa Fe Island
Swimming with sea lions.
Sandy sea lion.
Shark bite. Poor thing.
Land Iguana.
Grasshopper.
Galapagos Mocking Bird.
Day 3: Espanola Island
Galapagos Mockingbird.
Playful pups.
Espanola Marine Iguana. Iguanas on this island have a red coloring.
Warbler Finch.
Male Lava Lizard.
Blue-Footed Boobie.
Galapagos Hawk.
Nazca Boobie.
Nazca Boobie.
Nazca Boobie.
Blue-Footed Boobie. This is called sky pointing, it's part of their mating dance.
End result of the mating dance.
Deb all decked out.
Forrest taking a nap.
Waved Albatross. My new favorite bird.
Where the waved in their name comes from.
Waved Albatross mating dance.
Waved Albatross.
Waved Albatross.
Stacks of marine iguanas.
Waved Albatross.
Waved Albatross.
Gorgeous sunset.
Second half of the boat trip will be up hopefully by the end of the week!