Hood Island
Today we spent our day visiting the oldest island in the archipelago.
Our morning was great, full of activities. We went snorkelling around an islet nearby Hood Island known as “Tortuga Islet” as it has the same shape of a sea turtle, and can be considered to be one of the best places to find large schools of fish, sharks, and turtles.
For those who wanted to relax on the beach they went to Gardner Bay where sea lions were sunbathing side by side with our guests.
Some also went kayaking around Gardner Islet where conditions were just spectacular, calm waters, sunny, and several blue-footed boobies, Galápagos sea lions, gulls and sea turtles were found around the same place.
For the afternoon we changed location and went on to Punta Suarez where we had a wonderful last walk through the different colonies of Nazca boobies and their newly hatched chicks. We were delighted with the rare presence of a few Galápagos albatross, which by now should be on their way to the coasts of Peru where they will stay until March next year. One of the reasons for this migration seems to be the presence of warm waters around the islands and the lack of food for these birds, while along the coast of Peru there still will be enough food for them.
Our experience was complemented with the most famous dancers in Galápagos, Who are those dancers? Well none other than the blue-footed boobies in full courtship. It was just amusing to observe several lonely females trying their best to get the attention of a flying lonely male. Some of these females were very successful at first attempt while other kept trying for several minutes and no luck at all.
We returned to our ship and had a lot to talk about today and the whole wonderful experience in Galápagos.
Today we spent our day visiting the oldest island in the archipelago.
Our morning was great, full of activities. We went snorkelling around an islet nearby Hood Island known as “Tortuga Islet” as it has the same shape of a sea turtle, and can be considered to be one of the best places to find large schools of fish, sharks, and turtles.
For those who wanted to relax on the beach they went to Gardner Bay where sea lions were sunbathing side by side with our guests.
Some also went kayaking around Gardner Islet where conditions were just spectacular, calm waters, sunny, and several blue-footed boobies, Galápagos sea lions, gulls and sea turtles were found around the same place.
For the afternoon we changed location and went on to Punta Suarez where we had a wonderful last walk through the different colonies of Nazca boobies and their newly hatched chicks. We were delighted with the rare presence of a few Galápagos albatross, which by now should be on their way to the coasts of Peru where they will stay until March next year. One of the reasons for this migration seems to be the presence of warm waters around the islands and the lack of food for these birds, while along the coast of Peru there still will be enough food for them.
Our experience was complemented with the most famous dancers in Galápagos, Who are those dancers? Well none other than the blue-footed boobies in full courtship. It was just amusing to observe several lonely females trying their best to get the attention of a flying lonely male. Some of these females were very successful at first attempt while other kept trying for several minutes and no luck at all.
We returned to our ship and had a lot to talk about today and the whole wonderful experience in Galápagos.
