North Seymour & Rabida Island
This time of the year, the entire Galápagos archipelago is being bathed by the Humboldt Oceanic current. This extensive mass of water comes from the Antarctic, bathing the west coast of South America, and eventually reaching the equatorial line and turning toward this group of oceanic islands. This brings to this isolated place an abundance of life and nutrients.
The marine animals of Galápagos are taking full advantage of the good condition they have in the Galápagos waters for breeding. This morning we disembark on North Seymour to get our first experience with the fauna of Galápagos: male frigate birds were fully pouch inflated for attracting a mate, and blue footed boobies were incubating, feeding their chicks and courting at the same time. This is a good indicator to mention that our marine reserve is very well protected; along the trail we encountered land and marines iguanas, sea lions and many other great sighting as well.
We continue our day at Rabida Island. This small Island is mostly red due to its high concentration of iron present in Galápagos volcanos.
The water was very calm, and the light couldn’t be better for kayaking, snorkeling and using the glass bottom boat. Our final activity was a short hike along a red sandy beach cover with Galápagos sea lions and the typical vegetation from the littoral zone.
We had a spectacular sunset to celebrate our day.
