2023 Galapagos Islands

Basílica del Voto Nacional

Basílica del Voto Nacional

Climbing to the top of the Basilica Tower

View of one Basilica Tower from the other

View from atop the Basilica Tower

Carondelet Palace in the Plaza Grande

Metropolitan Cathedral in the Plaza Grande

Iglesia and Convento de San Francisco

Exterior of Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus

Religious art in Museo Fray Pedro Gocial

Street art in Old Town Quito

Herb enjoying his first beer in a basilica

Lolo enjoying the swing in the Basilica cafe

Herb on the streets of the Old Town

Giant Earthworm

Tree Fern

Itsy bitsy frog

Oh my!

Lolo of the Cloud Forest

The hummingbird whisperer

Plate-billed mountain toucan

"Cock of the Rock" blind

"Cock of the Rock"

Hummingbird at the Alambi Preserve

Hummingbird at the Alambi Preserve

Booted Rackettail hummingbird

Canna Yellow King Humbert

Heliconia Caribaea

Tilapia as the locals like it

Tip Top IV

Map of our 11-day cruise

Our cabin on the Tip Top IV

Our first dry landing

Our first land iguana

Have to remember to look up

Can't get enough of these land iguanas

Magnificent Frigatebird

Blue-footed boobies beginning their courtship dance

Continuing with the courtship ritual

Blue-footed boobies beginning their courtship ritual

Making his not too subtle move

Bingo!

Galapagos Sea Lion

Fur Seals bidding us farewell

Making friends with a friendly fur seal

Giant Frigatebird

Fur seal

Swallow-tailed gull and her young

Juvenile booby of sorts?

Herb and a very curious Brown Noddy

Brown Noddy peering in Herb's lens

Yellow-crowned night heron

Male red-footed booby bringing twigs to nest

Red-footed booby

Lava gulls nesting on a cliff edge

Frigatebird stealing food from a booby mid-air

Snorkel Time!

Snorkel Time!

Galapagos Sea Turtle

Rainbow Parrotfish

Red-billed tropicbird in flight

Prince Philip’s steps

Fuzzy baby chick emerging from its nest

Cuddling Magnificent Frigatebirds

Marine Iguana giving a Vampire Finch a piggy back ride

Galapagos short-eared owl

Puerto Egas beach

Puerto Egas beach

Sally Lightfoot

Marine Iguana greeting the sun

Sally Lightfoot enjoying it's reflection

Cute little juvenile land iguana

Re-introduced juvenile land iguana

Rocky volcanic shoreline

Beautifully patterned stingray

Prehistoric-looking marine iguana

Yellow-crowned night heron

Marine iguanas and Sally Lightfoots

Feisty Sally Lightfoot poking a Marine Iguana

Snorkeling time!

Hieroglyphic Hawkfish

Pair of Oyster Catchers

Fiddler Crab

Ghost Crab

Ghost Crab

Wet landing on Santiago Island

Dolphins joining us on our panga ride

Our dolphin escorts

Volcanic cliffs along Buccaneer Cove

Volcanic Tower with Opuntia cactus

Getting late

Post-sunset return to ship

Pre-dawn panga cruise with the seabirds

Rounding Punta Vicente Roca

Marine Iguanas warming up on the cliffs

Flightless cormorant drying his wings

Our first penguin!

Entrance to the sea cave

Inside the sea cave

Snorkeling with the penguins

Snorkeling with a Giant Sea Turtle

Snorkeling with marine iguanas

Marine Iguana pile-up

Best buddies

Scary marine iguana

Relaxed marine iguana

Bull sea lion guarding his territory

Adorable sea lion pup

Lava cactus

Whale Bones

Less than elegant entry onto panga

Homeward bound

Graffiti in Tagus Cove

Hike up to Darwin Lake

Darwin Lake and Tagus Cove

Snorkeling with the penguins

Chocolate chip starfish

Serious looking pelican

Exploring the mangroves

Galapagos Sea Turtle

Snorkeling with the penguins

Sunset in the mangroves

Our first Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Land Iguana digging his burrow

Land Iguana being a bit defensive

Snorkeling with the sea turtles

Cow-Nosed Rays

Spotted Eagle Rays

Pelican with her two babies

Penguin with flippers out

Flightless cormorant drying his wings

Happy Herb

Flamingos on a salt lagoon

Morning sun lights up the flamingos

Flamingo running across the surface

Getting ready to dance

Synchronized courtship dance

Sea Turtle nests

Sea Turtle crawling to the sea

Finally she's there

Back to the Salt Lagoon

Dancing in the rain

Floreana's historic "Post Office"

Floreana's historic "Post Office"

Mirador de la Baronesa

Time to head home

End of another incredible day

Sea Lions and a lava heron

Cruising into Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz

Giant Saddleback Tortoise

Giant Saddleback Tortoise

Hatchling being raised at the center

Lolo and Lonesome George

Lolo empathizing with a tortoise

Domed tourist at the Preserve

Rancho Primicias Giant Tortoise Reserve

Mating Giant Domed Tortoises

Herb enjoying the Santa Cruz Brewery

Landing on Punta Suarez,

Christmas iguana

Christmas Iguana and his little buddy

Lava Lizard

Nazca Booby feeding her hatchling

Nazca Booby nesting area

Serious Nazca booby

Blue-footed booby nesting in the trail

Cuddling sea lions

Snorkeling with sea lions

Black-tipped sharks feeding frenzy

Flying fish

Hike up Punta Pitt

Blue-footed boobies

Red-footed booby in flight

View from top of Punta Pitt

View of Kicker Rock from Cerro Brujo Beach

Snorkeling with the sea lions

Cueva del Brujo

Farewell Party on the upper deck

Happy Couple

Circling Kicker Rock

Pre-dawn landing on Mosquera Island

Here comes the sun

Hey buddy

Warming up with the sun

Sally Lightfoot

Well-timed rainbow

South Lake to Long Lake Hike

Herb and the Green Dome fantasyland