Hood Island
Our day on Hood Island was really outstanding as we explored the oldest island in the archipelago. For our morning we went for water activities like deep water snorkeling around “Turtle Islet” where some of our guests observed large schools of fish and some white-tipped reef sharks, and a couple of Pacific green sea turtles.
Conditions at sea this morning were fantastic, so we went kayaking along the coast of Gardner Islet. Here we saw Galápagos sea lions, blue-footed boobies and swallow tailed gulls, resting on the volcanic rocks.
The warm rays of the sun were enjoyed equally by the wildlife as well as by us on the white soft sand of Gardner Bay where the turquoise waters genteelly bathed the coast.
During the afternoon we disembarked on a very special dock that was built by the National Park Service. During the construction of this dock marine iguanas started to climb over and left their foot, tail and claws markings on the fresh cement.
We just loved watching female blue-footed boobies doing their best to impress the few males flying overhead. Some blue-footed boobies had already laid eggs and were devotedly incubating them.
This was our last day of our expedition and after being able to see, share and enjoy this week, we just can’t say good-bye… but see you soon anywhere we find each other again.
Our day on Hood Island was really outstanding as we explored the oldest island in the archipelago. For our morning we went for water activities like deep water snorkeling around “Turtle Islet” where some of our guests observed large schools of fish and some white-tipped reef sharks, and a couple of Pacific green sea turtles.
Conditions at sea this morning were fantastic, so we went kayaking along the coast of Gardner Islet. Here we saw Galápagos sea lions, blue-footed boobies and swallow tailed gulls, resting on the volcanic rocks.
The warm rays of the sun were enjoyed equally by the wildlife as well as by us on the white soft sand of Gardner Bay where the turquoise waters genteelly bathed the coast.
During the afternoon we disembarked on a very special dock that was built by the National Park Service. During the construction of this dock marine iguanas started to climb over and left their foot, tail and claws markings on the fresh cement.
We just loved watching female blue-footed boobies doing their best to impress the few males flying overhead. Some blue-footed boobies had already laid eggs and were devotedly incubating them.
This was our last day of our expedition and after being able to see, share and enjoy this week, we just can’t say good-bye… but see you soon anywhere we find each other again.
