Wet landing on Santa Fe Island. The island has one of the best locations for swimming with sea lions and is also a great place to catch a glimpse of white-tipped reef shark and sea turtles. Took trip to cactus forest to see some of the tallest opuntia cacti in the island and search for a colony of Santa Fe Iguanas. Afternoon; dry landing on Plaza Sur Island. Continued on the trail to a cactus forest to get a close look at land iguanas and their habitat before continuing our hike in search of sea lion colonies. The small island is a great place to view seabirds in flight. A walk along the cliff offers good views of Red-billed Tropicbirds, frigate birds, pelicans, Swallow-tailed Gulls, and other pelagic species. See web link:
http://www.galapagos.org/about_galapagos/biodiversity/
Photo 1. Wow, up close and personal with sea lions
Photo 2. Even the iguanas were not afraid of us walking near.
Photo 3. This Galápagos hawk flew up to us, rather than have to see how close we could get – phenomenal.
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