Santa Cruz Island
It is great to get back to civilization! Early in the morning is a wonderful time to see the view of the most populated city of the Galápagos Islands, Pto Ayora. After we disembarked, we got into the busses and took them to the entry of the Galápagos National Park. It was so charming to watch the baby giant tortoises having “breakfast” at the Darwin Center. Right after, we headed over to where Lonesome George was located. “Georgi” as we so affectionately call him, is the only one left from the sub-species at Pinta Island, which is precisely why we call him Lonesome!
After seeing the giant tortoises at the Darwin Center, we walked into town and shopped for “endemic” souvenirs. Then, we took the busses to “Altair” Farm & restaurant facilities for a delicious barbeque lunch up in the open highlands of Santa Cruz. As soon as we got there, everybody got very engaged in the volleyball game that the naturalists started, while some others headed straight to the swimming pool or to the Jacuzzi.
For the afternoon we took the busses to head even higher into the highlands to search for giant tortoises in the wild. The landscape was very hilly and full of endemic vegetation. We saw many of the giant reptiles while we were hiking through the farm; it was as I hear often “awesome!”
It is great to get back to civilization! Early in the morning is a wonderful time to see the view of the most populated city of the Galápagos Islands, Pto Ayora. After we disembarked, we got into the busses and took them to the entry of the Galápagos National Park. It was so charming to watch the baby giant tortoises having “breakfast” at the Darwin Center. Right after, we headed over to where Lonesome George was located. “Georgi” as we so affectionately call him, is the only one left from the sub-species at Pinta Island, which is precisely why we call him Lonesome!
After seeing the giant tortoises at the Darwin Center, we walked into town and shopped for “endemic” souvenirs. Then, we took the busses to “Altair” Farm & restaurant facilities for a delicious barbeque lunch up in the open highlands of Santa Cruz. As soon as we got there, everybody got very engaged in the volleyball game that the naturalists started, while some others headed straight to the swimming pool or to the Jacuzzi.
For the afternoon we took the busses to head even higher into the highlands to search for giant tortoises in the wild. The landscape was very hilly and full of endemic vegetation. We saw many of the giant reptiles while we were hiking through the farm; it was as I hear often “awesome!”
