Southern Isabela Island
Our morning outing was a beautiful and long walk on an uplifted area called Urbina Bay. We wet landed at a nice sandy beach to group up and start our morning outing. Uplifted in 1954, rocks larger than nine feet high came up to the bottom of the sea, you could still see the shells and barnacles attached to them up on top of the high uplifted rocks. Underwater lava flows were pushed up to the surface of the ground because of the very active nearby volcanoes. A large white coral reef was also exposed and now is breaking down due to the erosion caused by the natural elements.
Bright yellow land iguanas highlighted the natural attractions of our two and a half hour hike at Urbina Bay. After we were done with the walking, we ended up at the beach where we all had a great time swimming and snorkeling.
After our traditional Ecuadorian siesta we disembarked on the young lava flow at Punta Moreno. A desert of lava was expecting us; this green, inviting lava oasis showed us different species of lagoon birds. Even three bright pink flamingoes were resting in one of the pools among the lava flow.
Once done with the lava hike, our Zodiac drivers took us around the rookeries for the last farewell to the largest marine iguanas of the archipelago, Galápagos penguins, and flightless cormorants.
Our morning outing was a beautiful and long walk on an uplifted area called Urbina Bay. We wet landed at a nice sandy beach to group up and start our morning outing. Uplifted in 1954, rocks larger than nine feet high came up to the bottom of the sea, you could still see the shells and barnacles attached to them up on top of the high uplifted rocks. Underwater lava flows were pushed up to the surface of the ground because of the very active nearby volcanoes. A large white coral reef was also exposed and now is breaking down due to the erosion caused by the natural elements.
Bright yellow land iguanas highlighted the natural attractions of our two and a half hour hike at Urbina Bay. After we were done with the walking, we ended up at the beach where we all had a great time swimming and snorkeling.
After our traditional Ecuadorian siesta we disembarked on the young lava flow at Punta Moreno. A desert of lava was expecting us; this green, inviting lava oasis showed us different species of lagoon birds. Even three bright pink flamingoes were resting in one of the pools among the lava flow.
Once done with the lava hike, our Zodiac drivers took us around the rookeries for the last farewell to the largest marine iguanas of the archipelago, Galápagos penguins, and flightless cormorants.
