Rabida is dominated by the color red. Red beach, red paths, red rocks everywhere.
We hiked up above the beach and had a nice view back down. Rabida Island (Staci Edwards)
Along the way, we got to see the Galapagos dove. It's a pretty bird, with iridescent purple along the side of its neck.
More Darwin finch sightings, and it is today's artist inspiration. pencil sketch describing the types of Darwin finch beaks (Staci Edwards)
I found the Darwin Finch fascinating. Basically you could look at a finch and tell what kind of food it eats by its shape. A parrot beak? It's a fruit eater. A grasping beak? Insects. A probing beak could mean either insects or cactus eater. A crushing beak identifies a seed eater. There is also a vampire finch! They think it used to eat the ticks off the animals, then transitioned to just picking open the skin and sipping! pencil sketches of the Darwin finches (Staci Edwards)
We saw some other small creatures, like the hermit crab.
And a snake eating a lava lizard... Snake eating lizard (Staci Edwards) Rabida Island (Staci Edwards)
We drove by Daphne Island, where we could see boobies nesting in the fading light. It had some interesting lava formations as well. Daphne Island (Staci Edwards) Daphne (Staci Edwards) Daphne Island (Staci Edwards)
We saw dolphins from the boat, but I wasn't fast enough with the camera...More photos in the album!
Excellent travel advice and service
This is my second experience working with Adventure Life. I’m sold. Jess Heuermann is an experienced traveler and provides a lot of useful information when planning a trip. These are the questions I like to ask at the outset - What’s it like to go here, there, what would you suggest, what do people report, can we add any additional side trips? Jess took the time to answer my questions and seek additional information to share with me. Petchie Colina is outstanding in helping with travel logistics and final preparations. Adventure Life has excellent guides and offers private guides and small group adventures. We enjoyed the opportunity to talk with the guides and drivers to learn more about their countries, cultures and histories. A highlight was having the guides pick local restaurants where we could share meals together. Highly recommend.
Claire Cordon
5 days ago
Our six-day tour in Iceland went smoothly with one exception. We had asked for two rooms each night. Somehow we were booked with one room with three beds. It could not be fixed at the first hotel in Reykjavik because the hotel was fully booked. Once informed of the problem, however, Adventure Life rebooked for two rooms for the remainder of the trip. As an 85-year-old traveler, I appreciated that one could participate at different physical levels at many of the stops. Iceland is a great place to visit but on the expensive side.
Mary Warren
6 days ago
Jess was very easy going and answered all our questions. It’s not easy dealing with 6 people at once but she did an outstanding job!
Diane Foster
1 week ago
Kassandra and the Adventure Life team have been incredible! Kassandra was very knowledgeable and attentive to our asks while making sure we kept within our budget. This was our first experience with a travel agent and we were blown away by the booking/initial exploration service. We will use Adventure Life again.