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Marine Iguana, Tintoreros Park, Isabella Island
Marine Iguana, Tintoreros Park, Isabella Island
A great trip with highlights being a morning scuba dive off Santa Cruz Island, an exhilarating hike up the Sierra Negra volcano, lots of curious and nonchalant animal/sealife, great company, accommodations and food, and knowledgable guides who accompanied us throughout our islands visit. Adventure Life arranged a last minute guided bus/walking tour in Quito to structure my last day while awaiting the flight home. A great adventure!
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A gull in flight on Santa Cruz Island

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Iguanas on our terrece at the Red Mangrove, Santa Cruz Is.

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Lalia's Restaraunt, Floreama Island

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Square in front of the President's Palace, Quito

Arrived Quito

Landed at the brand spanking new airport in Quito about 10:30 PM just in time to grab a taxi to the beautiful Rincon de Puembo hotel for a few hours sleep before catching the morning flight to Galapagos. The hotel was a gorgeous hacienda style facility in a quiet neighborhood but there was not much time to explore it due to the hour. That was …
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Blue footed boobies, Santa Cruz Island

Baltra and Santa Cruz Island

I was picked up promptly at 6Am by Christian, the English speaking Adventure Life guide, and driver for transfer back to the Quito airport. As a solo traveler I had plenty of opportunity to ask questions questions about the sights on our route and Christian accompanied me through the ticketing process and helped carry my bags. After an …
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Puerto Ayora Harbor, Santa Cruz Island

Morning SCUBA Diving and Transfer to Floreana Island

Divemaster, Richard, introduced me to Galapagos below the waves after breakfast while the rest of our group toured the Santa Cruz highlands by bus. We saw an abundance of multicolored fish as well as a Pacific Green turtle calmly paddling somewhere he needed to be. Clearly there is lots more to explore under water and there are many dives sites. …
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Iguana on the terrace, Red Mangrove Resort, Santa Cruz Islan

Floreana Highlands and Transfer to Isabella Island

After breakfast we bused to the Peace Asylum where we encountered the giant Galapagos tortoises. These guys are impressive! And, like almost all of the wildlife in the Galapagos that we encountered they seemed to view humans as a harmless curiosity. From the corner of your eye they look almost like large stones or boulders so I could imagine …
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View from the pirate's hideout, Floreana Island

Isabella Island and Sierra Negra Volcano

Breakfast was followed by a bus trip to the foot of the Ierra Negra volcano and a six mile round trip to the top and back. It was a bit rainy so the narrow trail was slippery at times. Our guide picked some passion fruit for sampling en route. At the top we saw that the crater was filled with mist so there was not much to see. On a clear day the …
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Portion of the Wall of Tears, Isabella Island

Wall of Tears and Return to Santa Cruz Island

The Wall of Tears is a grim reminder of the penal colony that operated in times past. The rocks are of dark lava and were placed by the prisoners who, we were told, hauled them in rucksacks without benefit of shirts or shoes. The Wall of Tears seemed to have no practical purpose except as make work for the convicts and I've read that bodies of …
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Baroque cathedral, Quito

Return to Quito

Alas, it was time to leave the islands and my tour companions who were continuing their journeys elsewhere. We returned to the airport island of Baltra the way we arrived, by bus and water taxi ("panga"). And then flew via the modern and relatively spacious Aerogal jetliner to Quito by way of Guayaquil. I was contemplating how I would …
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