Panga ride exploring Punta Vicente Roca, a marine-only visitor site (no landings permitted). The scenery around the Point was stunning - spectacular cliffs formed out of tuff (volcanic ash) from the remains of two ancient volcanoes.

We continued into a sea cave, whose purple and yellow walls flickered like flames in the morning light. It was surreal.

After cruising back out of the cave, we continued along the cliff walls mesmerized by the early morning activity of a very interesting and diverse group of wildlife - marine iguanas clinging to the vertical walls as if they had suction cups on their feet, a flightless cormorant plucking a large piece of seaweed from the surf, and valiantly hopping (because he can’t fly) 20 feet up a rocky cliff to build a nest, a Galapagos penguin peering out to sea