Another early start so we could get to the view point on Bartolome Island nice and early in the morning.
The mornings on the boat always consisted of a nice breakfast and then loading onto the pangas.
Bartolome Island is a small island with a long walk up to a view point to see 365 around. Unfortunately, we didn't have a beautiful sunrise but the walk and view were very nice...albeit - quite slow for me on my twisted ankle.
It was very windy at the top. From the top, we could see all around the island. It was actually cold from the wind at the top and I didn't stay long. I knew it would take me longer to walk down then everyone else, so I started back down to take it slow with the ankle.
At the bottom, where we were getting onto the pangas, 2 sea lions had taken up residence. The naturalist had to gently persuade them to leave their resting place so we could all safely get back into the pangas.
From the pangas, we went around some of the other islands. There were boobies fishing and then we saw some penguins.
The water was a bit rough so it was difficult to photograph the birds and the penguins.
We returned to the catamaran and got ready to go on our next and final snorkel excursion.
It was a bit rough still but I didn't want to miss the last opportunity. I was secretly (ok, probably not so secretly) hoping for more sea lions.
What I saw was hundreds of different colored star fishes, lots of little fishes, a white tipped shark, and the penguins! The penguins are so fast.
The naturalist also found a bunch of critters deeper in the water under the shelves made by the side of the island. I wasn't really up to going underneath, so I didn't see them.
But if you go to snorkel near Bartolome Island, you are bound to see some cool critters.
The below short video is little snippets from that snorkel session filmed on my GoPro camera.
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