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Rabida Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Rabida, Ecuador
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Galapagos - Day 6
This morning we visted Rabida - a red sand island with sealions. We walked up to a viewing point which was apparently used in the film Master and Commander - its beautiful. We snorkelled again today - we saw starfish red and blue ones, a large ...
Puerto Egas and Isla Rabida
... and we had a four hour break. During that time Ben gave us departure instructions for Friday. At 2 PM we snorkeled at Rabida and it was perfect except a bit cool. Most snorkelers wear 3mm wet suits. Some wear gloves and swimming caps ...
Puerto Egas - Rábida
... -- and that's saying a lot after just snorkeling with sea lions, penguins and sharks a couple of days ago. In the afternoon, we visited Rabida island, which is known for it's dark red beach. We saw a lot of snoring and sleeping sea lions here, and more ...
Galapagos - Rabida and Bartolome Islands
... , and we all obey and arrive to breakfast... Pavlov would have been proud!) we travelled by dingy to the seashell-pink sands of Rabida Island. Here we saw a pelican nesting area on the beach, and then we set off on the short path across the island, gazing ...
Galapagos Day 4 - Whale of a time!
... and Pat thinks she saw a penguin shoot passed her. We got back to the boat and sailed the short distance round the coast to Rabida Island before we stopped for lunch. As it was Brigitta's birthday, the crew had been busy and blown-up a load of ...
Seeing Red
... on the beaches tideline. The afternoon took us to Sombrero Chino (Chinese Hat) a very conspicuous extinct volcano south of Rabida and below Santiago. Santiago the much larger of the two islands has a resident colony of Galapagos Penguins ...
Island hopping!
The last few days of the cruise were spent visiting some of the smaller islands, including Puerto Egas on Santiago, Rabida, Chinese Hat (yes, thats the actual name of the island!) and Bartolome. You would think that seeing sea lions, iguanas, sea turtles ...
Abandoned Sea Lion Pup
... , off the beach the things to be seen were not so spectacular. After the mornings activities we travelled about 2 hours to Rabida Island durinf which time the sun came out and we were able to finally dry the clothes that had gotten drenched in ...
Swimming with Penguins!
Today at Rabida, Andy and I got lucky and found some penguins to swim with. We went up and down the bay where some penguins were hanging out on land, but we both desperately wanted to see some swimming. Just when we were about to give up and ...
Farbige Strände
... Essen zurück zu führen war. Die Landung am schwarzen Strand von Puerto Egas, die Überfahrt mittags nach Rabida mit einem wiederum beeindruckenden roten Sandstrand hat die Strapazen jedoch schnell vergessen lassen. Das Schnorcheln direkt vom Strand aus ...
Galapagos (Chinese Hat, Rabida)
I didn't sleep that well but I'm ready for some more wildlife! After breakfast the zodiacs drop us on a beach at Rabida Island. A few yards away, several baby sea lions await us on this red-sand beach. We get as close as we can get per the park ...
Galapagos Islands: Day 2
In the morning and early afternoon we snorkeled. There were some really beautiful fish and big starfish. Late in the afternoon we had a walk. No more to tell, watch the ...
Swimming With The Penguins
We started our day with a wet landing and a hike on Rabida Island where we saw a few different types of birds, including the Galapagos Mockingbird and the Galapagos Dove. The hike also gave us some great views along the coastal cliffs. We then went ...
Yet more sea lions and a manta ray extravaganza!
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Darwins House
Today started with a hike on the red sand of Rabida, where we searched for flamingos (still not around) and did hermit crab races. We then had a morning snorkel off the red beach, where Sarah, Rachel, Erin and I made it around the reef peninsula to search ...
Day 14 - Rabida and Puerto Egas
Oh, oh no. Our last day. I start the day with some yoga on deck. Our German fella's idea. The morning's highlight is a fantastic snorkel outing. Gorgeous shark encounter. I get to swim with a spotted eagle ray - it's like they fly rather than ...
Birds, Birds, Birds
Day 3 of our Galapagos adventure-- After breakfast (and stretching class for Sam) we again boarded the zodiacs for a "dry" landing on North Seymour Island. A dry landing is when the traveler is transferred from the zodiac to dry land-in this case large ...
Sea sick
So senorat sailed at midnight, if you have ever experienced sleeping in a raging sea whilst the boat is moving you will know how awful I felt. (Not as bad as Nick with a stomach infection) The bunk was like a coffin, I couldn't even put my ...
Galapagos Day 7 - Rabida / Sombrero Chino
Wet landing this morning on Rábida which has a very red beach. When we see sealions now I forget as they seem like they are part of our group! The landscape is full of lava tunnels and formations. There is a sense of sadness creeping in. Our time ...
Day 12 Galapagos Islands
Rabida This island has another colony of sea lions, as usual they are more than willing to get some shots and pose wonderfully for us. The main reason for coming is to see breeding albatross but they are mainly grown now. We walk into the ...
Rabida
... i went into lorna and nicolas room, threw up and took a dump, then i went to sleep, a good night. We woke up in a bay of Rabida, which was a red island. All the sand was red as it had come from the aroded red volcanic rock, very cool. We took a walk with ...
Giant Iguanas and a Rare Red Sea Lion
The official itinerary: "Dragon Hill/ Rabida Morning visit to Dragon Hill, then Cruise to Rabida Island and visit a salt water lagoon rich in wildlife and vegetation, while a large sea lion colony provides great photo opportunities. Our boat lands on ...
The Galapagos Islands
... we could see a white tip shark hunting for fish around the hull along with the occasional puffer fish. Over night we'd sailed to Rabida Island where the sands are the colour red. At 7.30 we went in the Zodiac to the beach where we saw marine ...
June 15, 2011: Islas Santiago and Rábida
June 15, 2011 Puerto Egas, Isla Santiago and Playa Roja, Isla Rábida We were back into our routine, getting up for a 7:00 breakfast. Boarding the pangas at 8:00 for a wet landing we headed for shore at Puerto Egas. We had to disturb a loafing sea ...
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