Santa Cruz Island
It is always great to come back to Santa Cruz, an island rich in interesting places, and an island where we have so many good friends: friends of the Polaris and friends for life.
After landing on Puerto Ayora, we went straight to the Darwin Center to see, with our own eyes, how successful the tortoise breeding program has been along the years. Our guests were introduced to their baby tortoises. Lindblad supports all conservation programs in Santiago, therefore those little ones from Santiago feel somehow as our own young ones.
It was also exciting to walk along town and meet with some of the teachers that have been on board the ship in the past years. Since 1999, Lindblad has invited teachers from the Galápagos Islands to come on board to explore this archipelago in our company. For many of them this was their first time ever visiting the non-inhabited and remote places of this archipelago. The trip inspired them to share with their colleagues, students and families their renovated love for the Galápagos. We have had already 144 teachers on board, so every time we visit Puerto Ayora, we have the pleasure of meeting with some of them along the main road. They never miss an opportunity to send greetings to the crew of Polaris and to their beloved islands so far away from Puerto Ayora.
In the afternoon our guests encountered tortoises in the wild, vermillion flycatchers and tree finches, the background of which was the green and lush vegetation of the highlands.
I am back on board, and I am feeling good. I have seen a beautiful site and I have said hi to good friends, Polaris friends, the teachers of the Galápagos.
It is always great to come back to Santa Cruz, an island rich in interesting places, and an island where we have so many good friends: friends of the Polaris and friends for life.
After landing on Puerto Ayora, we went straight to the Darwin Center to see, with our own eyes, how successful the tortoise breeding program has been along the years. Our guests were introduced to their baby tortoises. Lindblad supports all conservation programs in Santiago, therefore those little ones from Santiago feel somehow as our own young ones.
It was also exciting to walk along town and meet with some of the teachers that have been on board the ship in the past years. Since 1999, Lindblad has invited teachers from the Galápagos Islands to come on board to explore this archipelago in our company. For many of them this was their first time ever visiting the non-inhabited and remote places of this archipelago. The trip inspired them to share with their colleagues, students and families their renovated love for the Galápagos. We have had already 144 teachers on board, so every time we visit Puerto Ayora, we have the pleasure of meeting with some of them along the main road. They never miss an opportunity to send greetings to the crew of Polaris and to their beloved islands so far away from Puerto Ayora.
In the afternoon our guests encountered tortoises in the wild, vermillion flycatchers and tree finches, the background of which was the green and lush vegetation of the highlands.
I am back on board, and I am feeling good. I have seen a beautiful site and I have said hi to good friends, Polaris friends, the teachers of the Galápagos.
