Blue Footed Booby mating dance

Hundreds of marine Iguanas warming themselves before diving for algae.

Our Zodiacs at rest on deck.

The Galapagos marine iguana is the only iguana species to swim underwater. Its tail is long and flat. It is used in swimming underwater.

Pelican Chicks

Different lava formations from separate volcanic eruptions.

Early morning solitude

Sugar cane still producing rum

Descending into a lava tube. These tubes form when a lava flow develops a continuous and hard crust, which thickens as it cools and forms a roof above the still-flowing molten lava in the center.

Blue Footed Booby

Blue Footed Booby chick

Male Firigate bird with its pouch inflated to impress the females

Male Firigate bird with its pouch inflateds to impress the females

Cormorant bringing seaweed to add to its mate's nest. The female rejected this gift three times, until the male sulked away. When he wasn't looking, she picked up the seaweed to work into the nest.

Iconic Galapagos tortoise

Frigate bird at dusk

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Charles Darwin

Testing the alcohol content of rum right out of the still.

Tortoise having a snack.

Red Footed Booby. These differ from their Blue Footed cousins in that their feet have an opposable claw that can grip branches. They build their nests in trees while the Blues nest on the ground.

Galapagos lizard sunning itself on a marine iguana that is warming itself before feeding in the cold water.

Weeks old sealion pup napping with mom.

The iguana I almost stepped on

Pelican

Land iguana crossing our path

Raw sugar cane

Our itinerary

Why does the Iguana cross the path?

Marine Iguana face off

Male cormorant rerturning to water for more seaweed to add to his mate's nest after previous piece was rejected.

The marine iguana feeds on algae; it is the basis of their diet.

Red Footed Booby diving for dinner.

Galapagos penguin. Another unique species.

Fish market

Ecuadorian dancers entertaining us onboard.