Today is the last day of our expedition around the magical Galapagos archipelago. After navigating through the night, we arrived this morning at Punta Pitt located in the northeastern side of San Cristobal Island.
We had two options for exploring this area.
One group took a short Zodiac ride and, after a wet landing, climbed up along a dry, old and steep natural entrance to a plateau where we came across an extraordinary volcanic landscape with touches of red and green of the surrounding vegetation. We found red-footed boobies nesting as well as masterfully flying against strong winds.
The second option was a longer Zodiac ride along the volcanic coastline where we observed all three species of boobies: red-footed booby, Nazca booby and blue-footed booby all together! Several Galápagos sea lions, magnificent and great frigate birds, brown noddy terns and brown pelicans were seen as well.
After the walk and Zodiac ride we had the chance to go for a good swim in the nice warm waters on Punta Pitt. We were accompanied by several Galapagos sea lions that were tossing and turning on the sparkling greenish sand while others join us swimming.
In the afternoon we went for the last deep water snorkeling outing of the week. It was an adventurous one! We went snorkeling along the cliffs of Kicker Rock. This old eroded tuff cone is also known as “León Dormido.” This outing was extraordinary for our guests, who swam with colorful schools of fish as many sharks showed off everywhere. There were also colorful sea stars, barnacles, sea urchins, sponges, and soft orange cup corals along the wall. We had a blast snorkeling around this famous location.
We returned onboard to circumnavigate around León Dormido as the sun was slowly disappearing under the horizon. The astonishing landscape and the magical light made us dream. This expedition has come to an end but these fascinating islands are already imprinted in our hearts and minds.
