Santa Cruz Island
Today, our guests finally got to meet the largest reptile in the world, the animal who gave the name to the Galápagos Islands, the place where time has frozen, and at the same time the most magical place in the Pacific Ocean.
Like every morning, our guests ran to the dining room to have a nutritious breakfast, they knew it was needed to have all the strength for this new adventure…. Seeing the tortoises at the most important center of the islands, the Charles Darwin Research Station. But there was another big thing to do, to see the tortoises in the wild, just like Darwin saw them nearly 150 years ago.
We loaded the Zodiacs and went to the National Park dock, and walked for 10 minutes, until we reached the pens, and everybody started to take pictures, posing together with the tortoises: family, friends, and couples, everyone was working to have the best picture, perhaps for the Christmas Cards.
After seeing town, we took the buses for a 35 minute ride to the restaurant Altair where a display of food was served. Some of us, both adults and children, had the chance to swim.
In the afternoon, we took buses further into the highlands and in less than 20 minutes the dream of everyone became real…The tortoises in the wild. Everywhere we walked we could see this gigantic animal eating, resting, wallowing in the mud, and this experience was definitely a story to share with their next generations. And one more time tonight, November 24th, our guests will go to bed dreaming about what they saw today and what they will see tomorrow.
Today, our guests finally got to meet the largest reptile in the world, the animal who gave the name to the Galápagos Islands, the place where time has frozen, and at the same time the most magical place in the Pacific Ocean.
Like every morning, our guests ran to the dining room to have a nutritious breakfast, they knew it was needed to have all the strength for this new adventure…. Seeing the tortoises at the most important center of the islands, the Charles Darwin Research Station. But there was another big thing to do, to see the tortoises in the wild, just like Darwin saw them nearly 150 years ago.
We loaded the Zodiacs and went to the National Park dock, and walked for 10 minutes, until we reached the pens, and everybody started to take pictures, posing together with the tortoises: family, friends, and couples, everyone was working to have the best picture, perhaps for the Christmas Cards.
After seeing town, we took the buses for a 35 minute ride to the restaurant Altair where a display of food was served. Some of us, both adults and children, had the chance to swim.
In the afternoon, we took buses further into the highlands and in less than 20 minutes the dream of everyone became real…The tortoises in the wild. Everywhere we walked we could see this gigantic animal eating, resting, wallowing in the mud, and this experience was definitely a story to share with their next generations. And one more time tonight, November 24th, our guests will go to bed dreaming about what they saw today and what they will see tomorrow.
