Today we began our journey on Santiago Island early morning. We headed ashore before breakfast onto a long beach known as Espumilla. This area has a large nesting area for the green sea turtles so along the coast we encountered several fresh nests. The walk took us through a forest of mangroves that had grown very dense and going into it was like walking into a jungle. The shape of the branches and trunks of the trees adopt different forms, some resembled coaches, bridges, and in several areas the sun can barely go through.
After the walk we returned aboard and although the sea was rough, that only added to the dramatic look of the shore. During breakfast National Geographic Endeavour II navigated towards Buccaneer´s Cove and had different options to explore this region. Some of our guests snorkeled from the Zodiacs, others went kayaking, and also on rides on our Glass bottom boat, there were so much to see, we found some Galapagos sea lions, fur seals, several white-tipped reef sharks, diamond stingrays and many species of fish.
This afternoon we went ashore to walk along the trail of Puerto Egas and marveled by the loud roaring sound of the sea and the unusual strength at which the waves were hitting the coast. Along the shore Galapagos marine iguanas were sunbathing while the most colorful Sally light foot crabs dotted the black coast. We also found great blue herons and yellow crowned night herons looking for food these are two of the most beautiful birds that can be found in the archipelago.
Later on we returned aboard after finishing our exploration of Santiago Island.
