Venecia Islet and Dragon Hill

We began our day exploring the inside passages of Venecia Islets, named due to many water canals surrounded by mangroves, after the famous Italian city. We went out for a Zodiac ride and indeed we had a great time, beautiful scenery accompanied by the blissful sounds of nature. The experience met and exceeded our expectations. We all got a good look at many marine creatures such as sharks, rays, turtles that use this special habitat. Later on we took our guests snorkeling around Guy Fawkes South, where we were fascinated with the abundance of marine life. Different species of tropical fish were seen here and there and a lot of invertebrates such as soft corals, sponges and fire worms.

In the afternoon a lot of guests went kayaking in Venecia and some others were hiking in Dragon hill; the light was superb and among the great sightings there was a pair of flamingos in a shallow brackish lagoon. Our day ended by circumnavigating Daphne Major, which is a tuff cone well known due to the long field study done by Peter and Rosemary Grant, about Darwin finches.