Isla Isabella - Galapagos

We are anchored next to a massive volcano about 3600 meters high on Isla Isabella. Isabella is positioned right on the equator. Our Galapagos cruise has had us cross the equator three time now. This volcanic landscape makes for a dramatic back drop for the yacht in the setting warm sunlight.
We take a dingy ride around the anchorage riding very close to the rock walls. We see Penguins, Blue Footed Boobies, Sea Lions, Land and Marine Iguanas, Marine Turtles. We see all of this in the first ten minutes. The Galapagos Islands are preserved. Kept sacred and protected from man. It is amazing to see the amount of LIFE here.
The penguins are the highlight of this dinghy ride. About 10 of them come whizzing around a rock corner in the surge over a boulder shallow. They bob, weave and flow like white water rafters bouncing at the mercy of a class 5 river.