Floreana Island
During a 7:00 am visit to Post Office Bay, we talked about the human history of the island which was interesting for our guests. This honorable mail system established here during the 1700 by the whalers has been kept alive thanks to our guests and others who always help us by hand delivering them back home. Later in the morning we went to Champion Islet and had a wonderful snorkel; strong currents are rich in nutrients, so we enjoyed schools of different fish, like the Creole, king angel, surgeon fish. We also saw a few sea stars and a group of wonderful male parrot fish.
On our bird watching ride, we did see a couple of Floreana mockingbirds, but all of a sudden we where surprised by a big school of bottlenose dolphins that stayed around for about 30 minutes.
The afternoon was a busy one: kayakers, beach people, photographers and guests interested in natural history went out for the different activities. Along the trail we encountered a few greater flamingos, a few white cheeked pintail ducks and a black-necked stilt in a big, brackish water lagoon. On the white sandy beach we encountered a Pacific green sea turtle sleeping on the beach; diamond stingrays were found by the dozens and that really made our visit a special one.
During a 7:00 am visit to Post Office Bay, we talked about the human history of the island which was interesting for our guests. This honorable mail system established here during the 1700 by the whalers has been kept alive thanks to our guests and others who always help us by hand delivering them back home. Later in the morning we went to Champion Islet and had a wonderful snorkel; strong currents are rich in nutrients, so we enjoyed schools of different fish, like the Creole, king angel, surgeon fish. We also saw a few sea stars and a group of wonderful male parrot fish.
On our bird watching ride, we did see a couple of Floreana mockingbirds, but all of a sudden we where surprised by a big school of bottlenose dolphins that stayed around for about 30 minutes.
The afternoon was a busy one: kayakers, beach people, photographers and guests interested in natural history went out for the different activities. Along the trail we encountered a few greater flamingos, a few white cheeked pintail ducks and a black-necked stilt in a big, brackish water lagoon. On the white sandy beach we encountered a Pacific green sea turtle sleeping on the beach; diamond stingrays were found by the dozens and that really made our visit a special one.
