Galapagos Islands Vacation ! In August we were able to travel to the Galapagos Islands for a once in a lifetime adventure. We traveled with Natural Habitat Adventures on their Eastern itinerary on board the Nemo III catamaran luxury sailboat. Each day we traveled to a differnt Galapagos island where we hiked, snorkled and kayaked amongst the incredible wildlife where we learned about the ecosystem and animals from our incredible guides. Along the way we made new friends and enjoyed the spending time with them, the guides and the crew of the Nemo III. Jump To: Best of the Galapagos Day 0 - Quito Day 1 - North Seymour Day 2 - San Cristobal Day 3 -Espanola Day 4 - Floreana Day 5 - Santa Cruz Day 6 - More Santa Cruz and Santa Fe Day 7 - Bartolome Day 8 - Baltra Day 7 - Bartolome Island We again sailed by night to arrive at Baltra where we would do a long hike up a boardwalk to the summit of the island. This view can be seen in the feature film "Master and Commander" when the ship's doctor spots the enemy vessel after collecting new and fascinating species. After the hike we did two snorkel dives where we were able to swim with Equatorial Penguins. We got an even better view of the Penguins on an excursion along the shore line in the Panga and finally took in the rocky beauty of the coast via kayak in the afternoon. This would be the last night on the Nemo III and we honored the crew and it being a clear night, we were finally able to see the Southern Hemisphere constellations including the Southern Cross. Galapagos Penguin, the only Equatorial penguin, we would see more later this day... A Great Blue Heron patrolling for fish on the shoreline. View from the top of Bartolome Island. This Island was featured in the film Master and Commander. White Tip Reef Shark. A closer look at the world's only Equatorial Penquin species! Young Sea Lions breaking up the Penquin party.   Frigatebirds soaring around our catamaran as they are want to do and probably so named because they circled Frigates crossing and exploring the Atlantic. They can soar for weeks on air currents. The last night with our intrepid crew and guides...

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Jump To:

• Best of the Galapagos
• Day 0 - Quito
• Day 1 - North Seymour
• Day 2 - San Cristobal
• Day 3 -Espanola
• Day 4 - Floreana
• Day 5 - Santa Cruz
• Day 6 - More Santa Cruz and Santa Fe
• Day 7 - Bartolome
• Day 8 - Baltra