Urbina Bay & Punta Moreno, Southern Isabela Island
These remote visitor sites offer an extraordinary habitat for a great variety of species, and this is what we encountered today. In the morning we explored the rugged shorelines of Urbina Bay. In 1954, a vast area of the coastline around this place was uplifted leaving areas exposed that were once under water. We observed with curiosity many remains of invertebrates that were all over the place. Nowadays what one sees is a completely new shoreline with vegetation mixed with brand new lava and coral. We followed the inland trail and we observed many colorful land iguanas. We noticed that the reptiles were well fed and looked very healthy. This year the rain fall has been copious and all kinds of fruits, flowers and insects are abundant.
After Lunch our Captain Carlos Garcia repositioned the ship towards Punta Moreno. This location is found in the southern part of Isabela Island, which is known as “Albemarle Island” in English. Some of our guests went out to explore the vast, dark lava fields characteristic of Punta Moreno while the rest decided to experience this place from a different perspective, via Zodiacs. Both options were successful for we all had a great time watching many different species coexisting in the magical Galápagos Islands.
These remote visitor sites offer an extraordinary habitat for a great variety of species, and this is what we encountered today. In the morning we explored the rugged shorelines of Urbina Bay. In 1954, a vast area of the coastline around this place was uplifted leaving areas exposed that were once under water. We observed with curiosity many remains of invertebrates that were all over the place. Nowadays what one sees is a completely new shoreline with vegetation mixed with brand new lava and coral. We followed the inland trail and we observed many colorful land iguanas. We noticed that the reptiles were well fed and looked very healthy. This year the rain fall has been copious and all kinds of fruits, flowers and insects are abundant.
After Lunch our Captain Carlos Garcia repositioned the ship towards Punta Moreno. This location is found in the southern part of Isabela Island, which is known as “Albemarle Island” in English. Some of our guests went out to explore the vast, dark lava fields characteristic of Punta Moreno while the rest decided to experience this place from a different perspective, via Zodiacs. Both options were successful for we all had a great time watching many different species coexisting in the magical Galápagos Islands.
