These islands are amazing. The animals have no fear. Birds, sea lions, iguanas, tortoises do not hide from other animals (or humans), but let them get as close as they want. This is great for animal watching and picture taking. The abundance of animals is unbelievable: there are birds all over: in the sky, nesting everywhere on the ground, iguanas between them, the beaches full of red crabs and sea lions. We take panga (Zodiac) rides and can't even follow all the action: turtles in the water, penguins on shore, pelicans diving down from above, sea-lions jumping in the air. Our guide Rafael was great, a fountain of knowledge, explaining many scientific facts to us in a lighthearted and humorous manner.
Some of our magical experiences:
- swimming with playful sea lions that come within inches of us
- swimming up to a rock full of penguins
- panga rides through the beautiful mangroves watching big turtles float around, and white tip
- sharks doze in the shallow water
- birds that in groups of up to six dive into the water at incredible speeds
- watching the baby sea lions and their mommies laze around on the beaches, not bothered at all by our presence
- snorkling with turtles, a sea horse and one (relaxed) white tip shark
- watching the adorable blue footed boobies parade around
The animals of Galápagos live in harmony in their own little paradise. This was not always true for humans that settled on the island: many early efforts to colonise the islands had a bloody ending.
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