On Thursday we spent the morning off the coast of Isabella
Island touring Elizabeth Bay on the pangas.
A portion of the bay is covered by shallow water
bordered by Mangrove Trees which provides great habitat for all sorts of birds
and marine life. We saw Blue Footed
Boobies, Galapagos Penguins and Brown Pelicans.
We also saw sea turtles, sea lions, many fish, and we saw a group of
golden rays cruising through the shallows.
In the afternoon, after a short mid-day navigation, we
anchored in protected bay called Tagus Cove.
Tagus Cove was named for a United States war ship that used the cove for
a hideout during World War II. We hiked a trail that took us up to a divide where we could look across to the other side of the island, and we also got a good view of a beautiful lake. The lake was found by Charles Darwin when he visited the islands. He thought he had found a source of fresh water, which are rare in the Galapagos, but he was disappointed to find that it is in fact a salt water lagoon with water three times saltier than sea water.
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Blue Footed Booby |
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| Cruising the mangroves |
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| Galapagos Penguins |
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| Penguin |
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| Golden Rays |
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| Scouting |
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| Sea Turtles |
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| Salt water lake with Tagus Cove in the background |
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| Top of the divide on Isabella Island |
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