Floreana Island
During the night we experienced how impatient the Pacific Ocean could be on these latitudes, but after a while we rather enjoyed the ride. At the end we reached Post Office Bay and the excitement of checking out the oldest mailing system in South America, and the sunny and therefore warm morning were enough to inject energy to begin the day.
After breakfast we went Zodiac cruising around Champion Islet and were compelled with nature and with the Galápagos National Park Service. We understand that there is still hope for endangered species such as the Charles Mockingbird, whose main population disappeared from the big island for unknown reasons and nowadays only inhabits the satellital islets Champion and Gardner.
The snorkeling session was also outstanding; especially remarkable by the presence of playful sea lions and zillions of bright fish all around, swimming trough a transparent ocean that was more than inviting and pleasing to our hearts.
The afternoon discoursed as planned, full of good experiences and new facts to learn from nature. There were the flamingos calmly pacing while they swept the bottom of the hyper-saline lagoon together accompanied by several white cheeked pintail ducks. While being alone on the beautiful white sand beach at Punta Cormorant, we languished in the tickle of breeze coming from the south east.
Today the islands have once again told us a wonderful story, one that optimistically should be transmitted to everyone once our guests go back home: There is still hope.
During the night we experienced how impatient the Pacific Ocean could be on these latitudes, but after a while we rather enjoyed the ride. At the end we reached Post Office Bay and the excitement of checking out the oldest mailing system in South America, and the sunny and therefore warm morning were enough to inject energy to begin the day.
After breakfast we went Zodiac cruising around Champion Islet and were compelled with nature and with the Galápagos National Park Service. We understand that there is still hope for endangered species such as the Charles Mockingbird, whose main population disappeared from the big island for unknown reasons and nowadays only inhabits the satellital islets Champion and Gardner.
The snorkeling session was also outstanding; especially remarkable by the presence of playful sea lions and zillions of bright fish all around, swimming trough a transparent ocean that was more than inviting and pleasing to our hearts.
The afternoon discoursed as planned, full of good experiences and new facts to learn from nature. There were the flamingos calmly pacing while they swept the bottom of the hyper-saline lagoon together accompanied by several white cheeked pintail ducks. While being alone on the beautiful white sand beach at Punta Cormorant, we languished in the tickle of breeze coming from the south east.
Today the islands have once again told us a wonderful story, one that optimistically should be transmitted to everyone once our guests go back home: There is still hope.
