Friday April 18: Bartolomé and Santiago Islands: Pinnacle Rock; Puerto Egas.

0600 - wake-up call for a pre-breakfast outing at 0630. Dry landing on Bartolomé Island for walk to the top - 372 steps! This is a satellite island just off Santiago Island. Wonderful view of Pinnacle Rock and the two beaches. Grasshopper and Lizard seen here. Not much wildlife. Back on board for breakfast by 0800.

Bartolomé - Pinnacle Rock	Panga near Bartolomé - Pinnacle Rock	About to land on Bartolomé - Pinnacle Rock	View from steps to summit; Pinnacle Rock with Santiago in background
Lava Tunnel	Lava Tunnel	View from the summit	JT & MJ at summit
Insect (unidentified)	Lava Lizard	Cactus	Submerged Caldera; Pinnacle Rock

0915 - off via Panga to beach for walkers followed by glass bottom boaters (MJ) and then snorkelers (JT). A brief walk from one beach to the other. Ghost Crabs on the beach. Glass bottom boat and snorkeling not as good because the water was murky. The beach here was called "golden".

Galapagos Penguins

Ghost Crabs

Galapagos Penguin

Galapagos Penguin

While we ate lunch, the Polaris sailed to Puerto Egas on Santiago. At 1500 there was snorkeling and swimming off the beach - this one was black sand and the water was rough. This was followed by a LONG walk on Santiago Island along dirt paths and across lava. Saw Lava Heron, Wandering Tattler, Least Sandpiper, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Ruddy Turnstone, Semi-palmated Plover, Magnificent Frigate Bird and Blue-footed Booby.

Santiago (San Salvador) Island: Puerto Egas	Santiago - from the Polaris	Marine Iguanas
Sea Lions	Marine Iguanas and Sea Lion	Brown Pelican

Daily Expedition Report for April 18

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