Dream Trip - Galapagos Islands Part 6

This post will be the conclusion of the Galapagos Islands travel log. As I said before, it was a once in a lifetime trip to a very unique location. The whole experience was great. We experienced a culture a bit different from what we were used to, got to try a variety of foods including lots of fresh fish and seafood and had a truly relaxing vacation. Even though we visited many wonderful places around the island, it was at a nice leisurely pace with plenty of time to truly enjoy everything.

Dream Trip - Galapagos Islands Part 5

In this segment of the Galapagos Islands story, I will cover a few additional places we visited.

Dream Trip - Galapagos Islands Part 4

 In this post we will visit some more interesting and beautiful places on the island. 

This was a special day, my husband's birthday. We took a taxi to Tortuga Bay. The trail to the beach is about 1 1/2 miles long and starts out with stone stairs. The trail is paved and runs through a desert-like area. It was a hot day and by the time we made it to the beach we were ready to cool off. But - the first beach we reached is mostly for the wildlife, there are big waves and strong currents here and no swimming is allowed. We got some good closeup shots of the marine iguanas. If you keep walking you reach a cove or lagoon where there is another smaller beach where swimming is allowed. This water was calm, more like a lake. There were lots of marine iguanas swimming around. It's a nice beach with a few trees and lots of little birds.

Dream Trip - Galapagos Islands Part 3

On the third day we made arrangements with W (who had picked us up when we arrived in Galapagos) for a day trip. We would be visiting El Chato Ranch Giant Tortoise Reserve where the tortoises are in their natural habitat. But first we had breakfast at our favorite spot in town, - Kale. Then we got a taxi (one of the white pickup trucks ) back to the apartment where W picked us up. 

At El Chato Ranch they have a supply of rubber boots you can wear that are good for walking around through the tall grass. They were especially good on this day because it was raining. We roamed around for quite a while, walking very close to the tortoises. They were big and it was fun just to be able to walk so close and actually be among them (had to watch out for the big poop). We got lots of photos. They have a snack bar there and we had some refreshments before walking to a lava tunnel. This is where the lava flowed through and made a cave. There were a lot of steps going down into the cave. We had fun exploring.