Hotel Fernandina Galapagos

... to end our Galapagos trip. Perfect! The rest of team one were staying on for an extra night whereas we were leaving for Guayaquil in the morning. Sam Galapagos + wildlife, being somewhere as unique. - more touristy that we thought. Really ...

... until we get back to the boat, then goes back to bed. Take photo of book showing map of Galapagos Islands We motor across to the point of Fernandina, starting lunch on the way. Lunch is roast pork, potato patties, salad and some sort of ...

... completely different to the other islands. Though all of the Galápagos were formed from volcanic eruptions, the islands of Isabela and Fernandina were formed much more recently and huge portions of them are still huge black lava fields as far as the eye ...

... see more marine life than the divers! Our itinerary covered : Isabela island, Point Moreno, Elizabeth Bay, Urbina Bay. Fernandina Island, Point Espinosa. Bartolome Island, North Seymour San Cristobal Island Over the course of our itinerary, we came ...

... day we managed another landing at Punta Espinoza. Located at the north-eastern corner of the third largest island in Galapagos, Fernandina. Fernandina is the jewel of the crown in the Archipelago: no introduced animal or plant has ever been found ...

... fur seals. Once again there were quite a few birds to enjoy. That evening we cruised north around Isabela Island to Fernandina Island, which is dominated by the La Cumbre volcanoe. This island is the youngest island in the whole Galapagos being born from ...

... kms west of the Ecuadorean coast. They consist of six main islands (Santa Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Isabela, Floreana, Santiago and Fernandina- the last two uninhabited), 12 smaller islands and over 40 islets. The islands have a total population of over ...

... the Penguins, Rays and Turtles. Day 5: Thursday September 11th. Sail through the night to Isabellaand on to Fernandina in the afternoon. We see (am): Galapagos Hawk feeding on a Rat, Giant Land Tortoise and Land Iguana, then snorkel with more ...

... the Darwin Research Station and seeing Lonesome George, the giant tortoise), Espanola, Floreana (including Post Office Bay), Isabella, Fernandina, James (aka Santiago), and Bartolome.  The fact that we sail for 8 days consecutively means that we are ...

... ran upstairs to get a better view and it was incredible! Day 7: Sunday In the morning we hiked the newest island Fernandina, where we saw more spectacular views and witnessed the blow holes in action as the tides were high and the current ...

... Puerto Ayora. Each day we would go on a trip somewhere and come back to Santa Cruz and Puerto Ayora to sleep in the Hotel Fernandina. The hotel in itself was really nice with air conditioning and a pool something I have never had in Ecuador. The 5 of us ...

... We really couldn't thank them enough for their hospitality. After a couple of days relaxing we caught our plane to the Galapagos Islands for some fascinating examples of the adaptation of species. We landed in the Baltra airport and transferred on a ...

... something to them? As the days went by, and as we trekked through the lava fields and volcanic ashes of the "young" islands of Fernandina and Isabela, I realised it wasn't just the birds that were not afraid of us, no animal on Galapagos was afraid of us, ...

... last minutes de cruceros. Al final no conseguimos el que queriamos, que hacia un recorrido determinado por las islas (iba a Genovesa y Fernandina, las islas mas alejadas y a las que no se puede ir si no es por crucero), asi que cogimos otro crucero que ...

... to walk to Volcan Chico. The landscape was amazing, and the candelabra cacti were a living sculpture on the barren landscape. We saw Fernandina volcano in the distance too, as well as 5 of the 6 volcanoes, so we really did have amazing weather. Our ...

Día 3 Quito / Galapagos (crucero Samba). Desayuno en el hotel y traslado al aeropuerto para abordar el vuelo a Galapagos. El vuelo de Quito (vía Guayaquil) al aeropuerto de Baltra en Galapagos dura aproximadamente 2horas y media. Llegada a Baltra, ...

... the immense island between 2 bays, and 3 different volcanoes in the horizon and a view of the nearby Isla Fernandina. Our horses however, were another story...biting and kicking one another at every opportunity throughout the entire journey in order ...

... shared with the penguins, as they bobbed around amongst the excited tourists. In the afternoon we visited Punta Espinoza on Isla Fernandina, home to many many many marine iguanas, including lots of baby marine iguanas at this time of year, and therefore ...

... absolutely amazing. Swimming with turtles - just snorkeling behind them and watching them gracefully glide through the clear blue waters. Fernandina in particular there were dozens of them, it was possible to watch them feeding on the algae. Seeing ...

... for some great views. On Isabella island we came across the Giant Tortoises which were not phased by our presence at all. On Fernandina island we had to watch where we walked as there were so many Marine Iguanas laying about in the sun. The sealions with ...