An early start this morning to be packed and ready to depart the Beagle. Before we disembark for the last time, we take a panga ride around Black Turtle Cove, with two other pangas from […]
Today is the last full day of the cruise, and we visit Chinese Hat and Dragon Hill. For some reason Sombrero Chino is disappointing – maybe due to the fact that the access to the island […]
Punta Suarez on Espanola Island is one of the highlights of the fortnight in the Galapagos to date. Home to marina iguanas with brilliant turquoise, red and green breeding colours, the waved albatross, the Galapagos […]
Puerto Velasco Ibarra on Floreana Island in the Galapagos has the smallest human settlement on the islands, due to the scarcity of fresh water. We take a chiva, which is an open-sided bus, up to […]
Today’s plan is to visit Targus Cove & Urbina Bay, part of Isabela Island on MS Beagle. This morning’s activity is to hike to the top of Targus Cove, for the view over Black Cove […]
We have spent the night on the MS Beagle anchored off Punta Vicente Roca, off Isabella Island in the Galapagos. An early morning panga cruise yields a sighting of orcas hunting off the point of […]
