Fernandina Island
We crossed the equator line early in the morning, into the Northern hemisphere. We sailed to an isolated rock called Roca Redonda. This was the center of a volcano, eroded away by the power of the ocean waves, and now is used by thousands of marine birds as a nesting place. It is also used by the ocean fish as a place to hide from predators, and a place to find food. Navigating around this rock we saw innumerous Nazca boobies, swallow tailed gulls, and Galápagos shearwaters.
After Roca Redonda we sailed south. Close to the equator line, all our passengers prepared for King Neptune’s visit. He appeared from the deep blue ocean, and suddenly came on board accompanied by cute pirates.
The entirety of our young guests were so surprised about the king. After drinking a strange elixir, called iguana blood, all were baptized as Galápagos amberjacks.
In the afternoon we had a very relaxed walk in the youngest island that we have in our archipelago. This is Fernandina Island which has a spectacular panorama of the most recent lava flows.
We were not only impressed by the panorama but also for the amount of wild life that this island contains, the tiny Galápagos Penguin, the endemic flightless cormorant, giant colonies of marine iguanas, all clear examples of changes through evolution.
We all had a great time on the walk and we came back on board surrounded by the beautiful colors of the sunset in Fernandina Island.
We crossed the equator line early in the morning, into the Northern hemisphere. We sailed to an isolated rock called Roca Redonda. This was the center of a volcano, eroded away by the power of the ocean waves, and now is used by thousands of marine birds as a nesting place. It is also used by the ocean fish as a place to hide from predators, and a place to find food. Navigating around this rock we saw innumerous Nazca boobies, swallow tailed gulls, and Galápagos shearwaters.
After Roca Redonda we sailed south. Close to the equator line, all our passengers prepared for King Neptune’s visit. He appeared from the deep blue ocean, and suddenly came on board accompanied by cute pirates.
The entirety of our young guests were so surprised about the king. After drinking a strange elixir, called iguana blood, all were baptized as Galápagos amberjacks.
In the afternoon we had a very relaxed walk in the youngest island that we have in our archipelago. This is Fernandina Island which has a spectacular panorama of the most recent lava flows.
We were not only impressed by the panorama but also for the amount of wild life that this island contains, the tiny Galápagos Penguin, the endemic flightless cormorant, giant colonies of marine iguanas, all clear examples of changes through evolution.
We all had a great time on the walk and we came back on board surrounded by the beautiful colors of the sunset in Fernandina Island.
