Bartolome Island

Today we got up early to travel back across the island to take a 2hr (each way) boat tour north to Bartolome Island.
It is an uninhabited volcanic island. The barren, rock landscape seemed more of a desolate moonscape, but as we hiked around we saw a few plants and cacti, tiny lava lizards and some insects. Flying overhead we saw hawks and frigatebirds. We even had our first sighting of Blue Footed Boobies perched on a ledge.



When we went snorkeling in the bay, we saw many colourful fish, crabs and sea creatures.
The highlight of the day, however, were the penguins. There weren't many, but they perched close by on rocks, so we could get some excellent photos and selfies, and swam around in the water with the kids while they snorkeled.





It was a long day, but well worth it to see the unusual landscape and unique Galapagacian creatures.

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