Galápagos: Cerro Dragon
As we made our way from Chinese Hat to Dragon Hill (so named (I hope) because of its large colony of mini dragons: land iguanas!), we first passed by this insane crater island called Bainbridge Rocks. The ocean water is cut off from the lagoon, so it is a very safe spot for pink flamingos to rest.
Image from AmusingPlant.com
We crept up to the rocks as close as our boat could safely go, then peering over the edge, we saw a flock of flamingos! They are those pink things on the far shore of the lagoon. Zoom in if you can! (And don’t worry, I got much closer to flamingos later on in the trip.) What an amazing oasis!
Next, we zipped onto Cerro Dragon, which has the only colony of land iguanas on all of Santa Cruz island.
Do you see the iguana in the above image? In the center? They blend in so well that I often did see them until I was right next to them.
Great blue heron!
The salt water lagoon with tons of birdlife.
Dried salt from the lagoon that you sometimes see iguanas lickin’ up.
I would hide under the shade of that bush too.
