Galapagos Islands Blog Day Five
June 21, 2015 at 10:35 PM
Overnight we arrived to the Island of Bartolmé and anchored in the bay overlooking Pinnacle Rock... It was a dry landing on the now inactive volcanic island, but there was plenty of heat as we climbed the 360 plus steps to the top. It was not that bad since every few steps you wanted to stop for another landscape shot. AND once we reached the top the view was beautiful and well worth the hike.
Pinnacle Rock is an impressive lava structure that towers high about the island. The island also hosts and array of wildlife, including the Galapagos penguins, sea lions and sea turtles. We also had opportunity this afternoon to go snorkeling.
Later in the afternoon we made another dry landing on the lava flows. It was just like we were visiting another planet. Each of the islands in the Galapagos formed from volcanos and this really gives you an idea of how the all these islands begun. Here are the selection of images from todays activities. Enjoy.
Map showing our overnight sailing
Anchored in the bay and ready to start our day
View of the bay and Pinnacle Rock as we hiked up the stairs to the top of the volcano
It was not all stairs, some beautiful boardwalks too, Bill and Sabrina taking a few shots
The boardwalk from the landing dock, Omar in the foreground
Such an interesting landscape
The stairs and board walks make this difficult landscape easy to navigate
A male lizard greets us part way up
This panorama gives you a good idea of our hike, the views were amazing
Another panorama as we approached the final climb to the top
The last set of stairs, Omar and Sabrina are just about there
The view from the top, the black lava flows top left is were we hiked in the afternoon
You can see the different parts the volcano from the top
Bill and Karen pose for a shot, looking good folks
A B&W HDR shot from the top
After we came back down we took a boat ride into the cove
Then we came upon this lone Galapagos Penguin
He looks pretty relaxed
Relaxed and happy to pose for us
One more shot before we carried on
As we sailed into a small cove this heron was busy fishing
Another shot of the heron
Chef prepared an cool arrangement at lunch today
We seemed to have picked up an hitch hiker
I guess this was a great place to relax
Photographing the lava flows this afternoon
Looks like another planet
Bill and Nancy taking a few shots as we hiked across the flows
An HDR B&W of the lava flows to wrap up tonights selection of images
That’s it for this evening, we hope you have enjoyed todays adventure here in the Galapagos. This evening after supper we set sail for the island of Rábida. Good night from the 16 photographers in the Galapagos.