San Cristobal Island
The northeastern-most tip of the island of San Cristobal is lit by a beautiful light that smoothed the contours of an already smoothed-down volcano, Punta Pitt. From the moment we anchored in this place, red-footed boobies started flying around National Geographic Endeavour.
While some of our guests took a hike through the middle section of the old volcano, others preferred the most oceanic option, a Zodiac ride. The hikers enjoyed an awesome landscape; the Zodiac riders explored the power of the waves hitting the shorelines of a small nearby islet with the name of Pitt. We were all rewarded with many seabirds flying right over our heads, and even though frigate birds outnumbered the boobies tenfold, those short and strong red feet were a delight.
At lunch time—oh boy, what a feast we had! Once again we were caught off guard by the supremely elaborate meals. We have been so well nurtured this week. Well, it was time to take a short nap to regain energy and keep on going.
Our next activity was snorkeling at Kicker Rock. This geological formation is an enormous tuff cone located four miles offshore eastern San Cristobal Island. It is found just eleven miles away from Baquerizo Moreno Port. During the snorkeling outing we were extremely lucky for we saw a hammerhead shark and many invertebrates on a very deep wall.
Soon after the snorkeling experience we circumnavigated this impressive monolith, and the celebration couldn’t wait anymore. Champagne and memories already fixed in our minds came to flourish. It’s going to take a long time for all those memories to get completely fixed in our minds, our hearts…
Tonight while strolling on the streets of Puerto Baquerizo, a good cup of strong Galápagos coffee will reinforce the already well-developed taste we had gotten from the Galápagos Archipelago during this exciting week.
