Bartolome and Santiago Islands
Six in the morning on Monday, excitement could be felt in the surroundings of the ship. All our passengers are getting ready to participate in the expedition to the summit of Bartolome. The day is beautiful, already with wonderful light, and of course the visit didn’t disappoint anyone.
We were very satisfied with the outstanding landscape, but one of the most fantastic surprises came after breakfast while visiting the beach. All along the coast, penguins were scattered across the shoreline.
At the snorkeling site we had the company of at least a dozen small black tipped sharks as well as white tipped ones. Meanwhile on the other beach, the one that is known as “shark beach”, the low tide revealed a great number of stranded planktonic snails. However the most astonishing find was of a portuguese man-of-war with a minute fish trapped in its tentacles. Both of course were dead and desiccated.
In the afternoon, at Puerto Egas we experienced another wonderful snorkeling outing with thousands of fish surrounding us. Among others, we were delighted by the extremely fast rainbow runners.
The tide was full and we were walking among hundreds of marine iguanas. Shore birds were present too, and we found turnstones, whimbrels, oystercatchers, and some other “peeps.”
In the water it was possible to find a sea turtle here and ther, and at the end of the afternoon we were bathed with an exquisite pinkish sunlight that gave the fur seals a touch of crimson.
Six in the morning on Monday, excitement could be felt in the surroundings of the ship. All our passengers are getting ready to participate in the expedition to the summit of Bartolome. The day is beautiful, already with wonderful light, and of course the visit didn’t disappoint anyone.
We were very satisfied with the outstanding landscape, but one of the most fantastic surprises came after breakfast while visiting the beach. All along the coast, penguins were scattered across the shoreline.
At the snorkeling site we had the company of at least a dozen small black tipped sharks as well as white tipped ones. Meanwhile on the other beach, the one that is known as “shark beach”, the low tide revealed a great number of stranded planktonic snails. However the most astonishing find was of a portuguese man-of-war with a minute fish trapped in its tentacles. Both of course were dead and desiccated.
In the afternoon, at Puerto Egas we experienced another wonderful snorkeling outing with thousands of fish surrounding us. Among others, we were delighted by the extremely fast rainbow runners.
The tide was full and we were walking among hundreds of marine iguanas. Shore birds were present too, and we found turnstones, whimbrels, oystercatchers, and some other “peeps.”
In the water it was possible to find a sea turtle here and ther, and at the end of the afternoon we were bathed with an exquisite pinkish sunlight that gave the fur seals a touch of crimson.
