Santa Fe Island is home to a huge cactus forest, but whilst it's flora was quite inhospitable, the animals were lovely! The sea lions here were great posers & didn't mind us even taking a lie down next to them (if you don't mind the barking, smelly breath when they woke up!).
Next day commenced with snorkelling at the "Chinese Sombrero", a volcano next to Santiago Island. We were most excited when we swam with the marine igunanas & watched them tearing away at the algae on the rocks (seriously pre-historic looking!). On land we saw lava tunnels & lizards.
Another landing spot, Puerto Egas, was where we watched a sea lion catching dinner (massive silver fish which it just attacked ferociously). Then peeking in the lava formed sea caves we came across an orgy of marine iguanas!
The most unusual landscape of the entire trip was found at James Bay where the volcano here errupted just 120 years ago & life on the land is yet to return. In its place were amazing lava rock formations, a perfect place if you were shooting a sci-fi movie...
Bartholome was one of our final destinations, this is where the standard Galapagos postcard shot is taken (see below). But also where we were lucky enough to swim & hang out with (very very cute) penguins!
Before heading back to port on our last day we went to a beach/lagoon where flamingoes hung out - a very chilled out place to end this fantastic trip.
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