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| We arrive in Baltra |
We flew on Aerogal to Baltra in the Galapagos. This area used to be a US military base and is now primarily an Ecuadorian naval base.
The Instituto Nacional Galapagos issues a Transit Control Card for Galopagos to everyone who enters the Galapagos Islands.
View a map of our trip around the Galapagos Islands.
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| Welcome to the Galapagos Island Archipelago! |
We took a short bus ride to the dock (with sea lions lazing around on it) where we met the zodiacs to take us to board the National Geographic Islander. We were given a cruise orientation and were able to settle in to our cabin.
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| Bill in the zodiac ready to go to the ship |
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| Diane makes her way in the zodiac to the ship. |
In the afternoon, we took pangas zodiacs) to North Seymour Island. We took a loop trail that was about 1.2 miles long and saw a lot of wildlife. We saw: Marine Iguana, Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos Sea Lion, Brown Pelican, Blue-fotted Booby, Flightless Cormorant, Magnificent Frigatebird, Great Frigatebird, Cattle Egret, American Red-Billed Oysetercatcher, Wandering Tattlet, Swallow-tailed Gull, and the Galapagos Dove.
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| Lava Lizard |
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| Sea Lions Lazing Around |
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| Swallow-tailed Gull |
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| Frigatebird dives at Diane and pulls up JUST IN TIME! |
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| Baby Sea Lion |
I love the frigate bird picture!
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