Isabela & Fernandina Islands
When we travel to the western side of the Galápagos, there can’t be anything better to wake us up than hearing our expedition leader saying: “Sorry, but I am making a general wake-up call earlier than usual, because there is a pod of short-fin pilot whales close to our ship.” Hard to believe if you are not completely awake, however, in less than five minutes, eighty percent of our guests joined us in the outside decks.
At the beginning we saw some blows about a mile away from us, but the Zodiacs were lowered down and in a couple of minutes, four Zodiacs went out looking for them. And certainly we had them so close that it was hard to believe, especially when it was them that came to us.
After a half-hour of riding with pilot whales, once again our expedition leader started to call us back because some sperm whales were spotted in the distance. As soon as we got back to the ship, the captain headed toward the area where the whales were blowing, and as we approached them, they decided to go down for a dive showing us their tail in a nice fluke display.
By that time of the day, we had to go for breakfast. Obviously, what happened after that was even more enjoyable because we were a hundred percent awake, meaning that the sightings of penguins, ocean sunfish, flightless cormorants, sea turtles and big marine iguanas were enjoyed to the most and have only increased our appetite for what is supposed to come tomorrow.
When we travel to the western side of the Galápagos, there can’t be anything better to wake us up than hearing our expedition leader saying: “Sorry, but I am making a general wake-up call earlier than usual, because there is a pod of short-fin pilot whales close to our ship.” Hard to believe if you are not completely awake, however, in less than five minutes, eighty percent of our guests joined us in the outside decks.
At the beginning we saw some blows about a mile away from us, but the Zodiacs were lowered down and in a couple of minutes, four Zodiacs went out looking for them. And certainly we had them so close that it was hard to believe, especially when it was them that came to us.
After a half-hour of riding with pilot whales, once again our expedition leader started to call us back because some sperm whales were spotted in the distance. As soon as we got back to the ship, the captain headed toward the area where the whales were blowing, and as we approached them, they decided to go down for a dive showing us their tail in a nice fluke display.
By that time of the day, we had to go for breakfast. Obviously, what happened after that was even more enjoyable because we were a hundred percent awake, meaning that the sightings of penguins, ocean sunfish, flightless cormorants, sea turtles and big marine iguanas were enjoyed to the most and have only increased our appetite for what is supposed to come tomorrow.
