For our first full day at Galapagos, we had been promised a full days activity on the water, and this it turned out to be. At first we thought we would be sharing a power boat with six others, but in fact had it to ourselves. We all met at the dock, a short walk from the hotel, where many others were lining up at their boats in the warm sunshine. Our power boat was about 30 feet with three outboards, two larger ones being a Suzuki and a Yamaha and a back-up outboard.
We took off out of the harbour, and headed east to Santa Fe island. The first snorkeling spot was near to a rocky shore, we reached about an hour after leaving. There were many birds on the rocks and a mass of fish in the sea. We had a delightful time snorkeling, and I managed to get some good video of a single sea lion as he swam around me.
We moved onto another site, where there was a beach in a quiet bay, and other boats showed up too, but the water was very clear and fairly cool. We all got in, and Sheryle and others climbed out fairly quickly, but I went on with the guide and tried to video lots of sea lions, but ended up with a bunch of stills instead! I did manage to get some shots of a white tipped shark and a sole turtle. (Note that there are both tortoises and turtles on Galapagos, the latter in the water, the former on land).
At this same spot we had managed to catch a small yellow-fin tuna on the way in and the crew soon turned this into sashimi and some cooked tuna for lunch along with salad. Top day.
The last stop was back on "quite beach" through a small wavy bar, on the home island of Santa Cruz, about 15 minutes from port. It was a top day.
Sheryle and I then went for dinner at Bahia Mar, and excellent local restaurant.
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