Santa Cruz Island
While arriving to the harbor at Academy Bay in the island of Santa Cruz, it is possible to see the cloud cover in the highlands. We must expect a rainy day, however nothing should be taken for granted, things could change…
And in fact things changed. By mid-morning the sun was hitting, not hard but making itself felt. Our excursion through the tortoise’s corrals at the National Park Service headquarters was by far very informative and entertaining. Together with our guests we praised the efficiency of the protection project of these gentle giants which are of great significance for the archipelago.
The visit and the crossing of the lava tubes in the highlands gave to our afternoon expedition a great taste of adventure and an incommensurable sense of closeness with the natural surroundings. Few tortoises were exploring the area while we were there, allowing us to enjoy them in their natural environment just as we enjoyed them in captivity.
And the cloud cover was there…. moving on top of us, releasing some little drops of water here and there, but not soaking us at all. Is there a rain or a garua? Are we still in the rainy season or is that gone to clear a place for a new atmospheric cycle? These are hard questions to answer because in oceanic islands like the Galápagos, life simply goes as it goes. Things that are today are not tomorrow just to come back the day after.
And with those variations, the paramount process of evolution creates and destroys, modeling the expressions of nature right in front of us, impassive witnesses of such prodigy.
