On this early morning outing we landed on North Seymour Island, one of the jewels of the crown here, it’s flat platform that formed under water and eventually rose above the water line, this islands has become the nesting site for some of the emblematic species of the Galapagos. As we strolled around we had a wonderful opportunity to find the Galapagos swallow tail gulls beginning the courting process, lots of new couples everywhere. Magnificent and minor frigate birds that were actively taking care of their young on the nests, a few red pouches scattered around the incense vegetation wanting desperately to be seeing by the females. Land Iguanas that were already displaying their beautiful bright colors… a perfect walk with just everything the island has to offer.
Strong winds in the afternoon made our access to snorkeling wet but as we got into the water we were clearly satisfied with the beautiful color and the visibility, conditions were just perfect. As we started to go we found may aggregations of tropical fish of many different color, we also found a tiger sea snake hat was pretty big and tame, we could get very close to it without scaring it away, as we continue snorkeling close to the rocks a couple of white tip reef sharks were sleeping on the sandy bottom while a Pacific green sea turtle came out to the surface to breathe right by our side!
In the late afternoon we took a stroll along the red sandy beach of Rabida, we walked among sea lions that had already come back to spend the night in the island; as the sun started to go down… we understand why this place needs to be conserved for future generations, not only of humans to come and learn from nature but for the species new generations, they are the owners of this place and well deserve to keep it!
