Special Moments in the Galapagos Islands
Every day we were surrounded by special scenes of mating, courtship, territorial disputes, birth and death and every other extreme of wildlife up close and personal.
It’s so hard to choose a defining image or moment from our week long cruise in the Galapagos Islands…what would you choose?
The blue footed booby attempting to devour an oversized fish, while we are swimming just metres away.
Hanging out with the marine iguanas feeding, snorting, hissing and then diving elegantly into the water…
Sloshing around the pools with Sally and friends? Sally Lightfoot Crab that is.
Or what about the great big floating blob chasing our panga in the middle of the ocean?
Yep it’s a giant Sun Fish aka Mola Mola…
Just below the surface this giant sun fish happily chased our panga.
It’s a Sea Lions life…I want to be a Sea Lion…
Or how about a moment with the nesting Frigate Birds in the low branches of the trees…
Or be stopped in your tracks for the cute/wicked snake devouring the poor lizard live for lunch.
Or what about wandering through the thick bush and coming accross these wicked looking Land Iguanas…
And of course no story on the Galapagos would be complete without some ‘Booby’ shots.
The Galapagos Islands can only be described as ‘Complete Heaven on Earth’, it’s such a unique place and like nothing else we have ever seen in the world.
Every one of these moments was super special and like no other.
It was hard to believe we actually witnessed all these wonderful sights first hand and up so close in most cases. In the main the wildlife dismissed us as a mere curiosity although sea lions attempted closer playfulness at times.
The Galapagos is a dreamlike wonder of natural beauty and we can see how Darwin would have been filled with inspiration to fuel his theory of evolution.
The End…
In the next post you can read about our Day by Day Journey of a Lifetime on our 8 Day Galapagos Cruise.