This morning we woke up in Puerto Ayora surrounded by 50 other yachts in the harbor. I had set my watch wrong, so Kyra and I were awake and ready to go by 6:10. Breakfast was at 7 and a little after 7;30 we headed to town via panga. We then walked ~ 1 mile to the Charles Darwin Research Center. We watched a short video and then were off to see the tortoises. We saw the babies of the different species of the different islands being bred and then went into the pens of adults and got up close and personal. We saw a variety of adults and even came across the Espanola Tortuga they located at the San Diego Zoo - his name is Diego. He was the lazy American lying flat and not doing much. We also saw Lonesome George in his pen with one one of his two girlfriends, who he apparently isn't interested in. After that we had free time in town and then headed back to the yacht for lunch. We were all starving from all of the walking.
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| Puerto Ayora and Charles Darwin Research Center |
The Highlands
At 2:00 we headed back to the island but this time to the Highlands to see tortoises in the wild. They were terrific! There were also egrets (white) that were beautiful. We also got to see a Vermillion Flycathcer. We also walked into a lava tube and tried to find a barn owl but it wasn't home. After some lemongrass tea and some fresh grapefruit we had free time in town again and then back to the yacht for dinner.
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| The Highlands of Santa Cruz |
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