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| Snorkeling at the Beach |
By 9:15 AM we were being fitted for snorkeling equipment (wet suit, goggles, snorkel, fins) and given a safety briefing. We went by zodiac to Bartolome to swim and snorkel. We snorkeled from the beach and swam towards the rocks, but not into the rocks, and saw quite a few fish. We saw: Giant Damselfish, Azure Parrotfish, Blue-chin Parrotfish, and Pacific Leather Flounder.
In the afternoon we took a nature walk on the island of Rabida. We took a nature walk on the red sand, made from lava with high iron oxide. We saw Marine Iguana, Green Sea Turtles, Galapagos Lava Lizard, Sally Lightfoot Crab, Ghost Crab, Hermit Crab, Galapagos Sea Lions, Dolfins, Vermillion Flycatchers, Galapagos Mockingbird and the Galapagos Dove.
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| Lava Lizard |
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| Sea Lion |
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| Shore Bird |
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| Baby Sea Lion |
The Galapagos Islands geology comes from two main sources:
- It is a geological hotspot, volcanic, and the location of two tectonic plates moving apart.
- There are five ocean currents which converge on the island. The primary currents are the Panama Current (warm) from the north and the Humboldt Current (cold) from the south. This is why penguins can exist in the Galapagos Islands.
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