Galapagos is set right on the Equatorial line, and is bathed by three main Oceanic currents at different times during the year. At this time of the year, we have warm waters in Galapagos, because the Panama flow reaches Galapagos from December to May. This means we are going to have some rain in the archipelago, and this season is the best time of the year for reptiles to nest in Galapagos. Also, with the rain, everything is going to start blooming and this means land birds are going to take full advantage of the good conditions for breeding.
This is why we offer a pre-breakfast activity today, to visit Punta Cormoran. This site is a very important nesting ground for Pacific green sea turtles, and this morning we were able to see the hard effort made by a female turtle to nest on this beach the previous night. We also heard singing male finches, these famous little birds are also going to start breeding very soon.
On our way back, we had the opportunity to get closer to a small flamingo colony and some of them were nesting too. We enjoyed it and learned a lot of new things during this outing.
Although it was a pre-breakfast activity, a lot of our guests were already satisfied for the day, because they could not believe how much you can do and see in a short period of time.
We continued our morning activities on a satellite island off the coast of the main one, this is a very small geological formation, perfect for Zodiac riding and water activities. So we offered all of these activities and each was very successful. We accomplished all of them!
We continued our daily program of activities, with some activities on board the National Geographic Islander, and finally we disembarked to visit the famous Post Office Barrel and continue this old tradition.
Our final activity took place in the same area, with a Zodiac ride and kayaking, it was really magical to finish our day in such amazing way.
On our way back onboard, it was extraordinary to see the sun setting in the west, meanwhile the moon was rising in the east.
