Day 4: Isabela

As day four arrived, we were starting to get into the swing of things up until Harry indicated we had to be ready to disembark at 5:45 instead of our now normal routine of six. It’s funny how wake up times are more amplified than during the day as that extra fifteen minutes of sleep…

Day 5: Santa Fe: Land Iguanas and Prickly Pear Cactus

Accommodation: Samba Our fifth day began a little later than usual. Instead of our ‘normal’ 6:00am breakfast bell wakeup call, we began the day at a respectable 9am as the activities planned were a little on the lighter side. Today we disembarked the Samba for the island of Santa Fe, an extinct volcano with extraordinary inhabitants….

Day 3: Marine Iguanas, Nazca Boobies and the Waved Albatross

Accommodation: Samba The early morning of our third day in the archipelago directed us eastward to the island of Espanola, the oldest Galapagos Island. Here, we had our first intrusive encounter with a sea lion colony. The sea lions found in the Galapagos never cease in their hilarity, It is absolutely incredible that such large…