Isabela is the largest of the islands and
is probably the easiest to see without a guide.
We spent three days on Isabella mainly relaxing and eating. We also decided to properly honeymoon a
little and booked ourselves into quite a nice hotel called
La Casa De Marita. It was right
on the water and had the one pre-requisite for any beach front hotel –
hammocks.
When we weren’t sipping on cocktails or
trying some of the local fare we ventured out to see some of the local
wildlife.
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| Mmmm delicious Smurf Sperm. |
We booked an afternoon bay tour which took
us out to a rocky outcrop in the bay called Tintoreras. Here we saw our first Blue Footed
Boobies! The island is called Tintoreras
because there are often the white tip reef sharks (tintoreras in Spanish)
resting and eating in the areas. There
is also a large marine iguana nursery and sea lion colony.
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| Earlier on Marc was still excited to see a Sea Lion... |
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| Then he just got bored with them. |
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| These sea lions have commandeered an abandoned vessel |
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| Marine iguana nursery |
The next day we headed inland to a lava
cave. We were the only ones there and
were ill equipped. Luckily our friendly
taxi driver was on the ball and had a torch ready and waiting for us. It wasn’t the longest of trails (the recommended
hour and 15 minutes is a tad excessive) but it was a pleasant walk.
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| Entering the lava tunnel |
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| Recommended time - 1 hour 45 minutes. Actual time - 25 minutes. |
The rest of the time was spent relaxing and
ordering room service pina coladas.
