Galapagos Islands - Day 2

Woke up anchored off the coast of Sante Fe Island.  Santa Fe is one of the oldest islands in the archipelago. The lava rocks here are about 4 million years old.

The first activity for the day was to snorkel off a panga.  We had to organise snorkelling equipment and wet suits.  Meryl and I brought our own snorkelling gear so we were okay.  We did hire wet suits as the water felt a little too cool to be in the water for 1 hour.  The water was quite deep.  The water was just full of fishes, a couple of sharks, some star fishes and more fishes.  Just fantastic.

Later in the afternoon, we took a panga ride to the island and landed on a sandy beach with many sea lions (see photo).  Along the walk we saw lots of land iguanas sitting below the large prickly pear cactus waiting for the flower to drop.