Sante Fe and South Plaza Island Galapagos 28th march 2007

It was the last full day of the cruise. The sealions were once again lazing around on the landing area and were not too keen to move! We walked around the island of Sante Fe where there were quite a few huge cacti. We also saw some of the land iguanas; they are a separate sub-species on this island. Steve got in a bit of a mess with all the sealion poop on the beach!

We had our last snorkel, with two turtles and a ray and then swam over to where the sealions were - there were lots of playful pups in the water.

We then sailed off to the tiny island of South Plaza, just off Santa Cruz and near Gordon Rocks, where you can dive with the hammerhead sharks. There were loads more sealions and also land iguanas; we saw one rolling a cactus fruit which is what they eat. They have to roll it on the ground to break all of the spines off before they can eat it.There were lots of sea birds on the steep cliffs including a pair of white tailed tropic birds flying around.

The rest of the afternoon was spent sailing back to Puerto Ayora. Steve had just started suffering again from a dodgy stomach but at least we had been healthy for the rest of the cruise.