First, I arrive in Guayaquil, Ecuador before flying to the Galápagos Islands. I spent two weeks onboard the “Camila” cruise. The schedule consisted of two island visits per day, and spending three hours with a guide that tells us about the history of each island.

In between visits, they gave us the option to kayak and snorkel; and spot tropical fish, turtles, and stingrays. One notable highlight was snorkelling with some very friendly sea lions; who confidently approached us and played with my camera.

Among the animals sighted on my trip were lava lizards, pink flamingos that live in saltwater lagoons, hawks, red-footed boobies and swallow-tailed gulls, marine and land iguanas, pelicans, giant tortoises, mockingbirds, yellow warblers birds, blue footed boobies and frigate birds, a nesting colony of the Flightless Cormorant Waved Albatross, Galapagos penguins, sea lions, and crabs.

The dramatic landscape boasted beaches of red-hot lava, rocky cliffs everywhere, and coastal, arid vegetation. I saw the Sierra Negra and Cerro Azul volcanos, and visited thirteen islands in total — with my favourites being Genovesa for the sea lions and Santiago Island because their lava fields.

Photographs were taken in this Islands:

Bartolome Island Rabida Island

Egas Port, Santiago Island

Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island

El Barranco, Genovesa Island

Mosquera Islet

Highlands, Santa Cruz Island

North Seymour Island

Sullivan Bay, Santiago Island

Vicente Roca Point, Isabela Island

Espinoza Point, Fernandina Island

Tagus Cove, Isabela Island

Urbina Bay, Isabela Island

Elizabeth Bay, Isabela Island

Moreno Point, Isabela Island

Charles Darwin Station, Santa Cruz Island

Highlands, Santa Cruz Island

Santa Fe Island

South Plazas Island

Floreana Island

Devil's Crown/Cormorant Point, Floreana Island

Galapaguera, SanCristobal Island

Kicker Rock, San Cristobal Island

PiT Point, San Cristobal Island

Witch Hill, San Cristobal Island

Suarez Point, Española Island

Gardner Bay / Osborn Islet, Española Island

Bachas Beach, Santa Cruz Island

I would like to thank the crew of the Camila cruise. My special thanks to Richard and Denise, today my friends, for the moments and laughter shared on this wonderful trip to Galapagos.