Northern Isabela & Fernandina Island
After a very calm, all night-long navigation, we reached the youngest side of the Galápagos Archipelago. This morning we enjoyed the impressive geological features that surrounded us. Right after breakfast we were crossing the Equator and guess what? King Neptune with a nymph and a couple of “pirates” showed up on the bow deck of the National Geographic Islander, it was a lot of fun!
Afterwards, we went out for a Zodiac ride along the rich shoreline full of wildlife sightings such as marine iguanas, brown noddy terns, pelicans, penguins and flightless cormorants. However, the highlight for many of us was finding one of the giants of the ocean: The sun fish! It was very impressive to see this huge fish propelling under water so close to the Zodiacs!
In the afternoon we repositioned the National Geographic Islander to Fernandina Island. We headed out for a walk on a very young pahoehoe lava flow, where only pioneer species, such as mangroves and lava cactus can survive. Our usual daily companions, the sea lions, jointed us once again.
Later in the day we went back to the National Geographic Islander dreaming of things to come.
After a very calm, all night-long navigation, we reached the youngest side of the Galápagos Archipelago. This morning we enjoyed the impressive geological features that surrounded us. Right after breakfast we were crossing the Equator and guess what? King Neptune with a nymph and a couple of “pirates” showed up on the bow deck of the National Geographic Islander, it was a lot of fun!
Afterwards, we went out for a Zodiac ride along the rich shoreline full of wildlife sightings such as marine iguanas, brown noddy terns, pelicans, penguins and flightless cormorants. However, the highlight for many of us was finding one of the giants of the ocean: The sun fish! It was very impressive to see this huge fish propelling under water so close to the Zodiacs!
In the afternoon we repositioned the National Geographic Islander to Fernandina Island. We headed out for a walk on a very young pahoehoe lava flow, where only pioneer species, such as mangroves and lava cactus can survive. Our usual daily companions, the sea lions, jointed us once again.
Later in the day we went back to the National Geographic Islander dreaming of things to come.
