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Published: September 11th 2006
Giant Tortoise
Giant Tortoise at La GalapageuraToday we took a bus up into the highlands of San Cristobal. The vegetation in the highlands was very different from the lower areas in the Galapagos. In the highlands, it is wet and lush with lots of ferns. The lower parts of the islands were very barren with lots of cacti. Our first stop was La Galapaguera, a reservation for giant tortoises. There was a little pen where they kept the baby tortoises. We walked a trail through the reserve and giant tortoises were everywhere. They really are giant. We then climbed some stairs and got an amazing view of the coast.
Our next stop was Laguna El Junco, the largest fresh water lake in the Galapagos. We climbed up to the top of a hill. Once at the top we couldn’t see much because of the
garúa mist. It briefly passed and the lake was amazing. There were lots of birds flying around.
We drove back down to our hotel and then hiked to Frigate Bird Hill for the best snorkelling. The hike was really long and extremely hot and once we got there we were happy to jump in. While we were snorkelling, sea lions swam
Giant Tortoise
Giant Tortoise on the path. and played with us. They were not afraid of us and came right up. When we got back to dinner Charmaine and our professor Diego joined us after their detour the previous day.
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