DAY 6
AM: Puerto Egas
Also known as James Bay, this visitor site gets its name from the salt mining company that was started by Mr. Hector Egas in the 1960s, but the costs of bringing the salt to the mainland were too high, and the company closed after a couple of years.
Today, Puerto Egas is a popular visitor site, with a trail that lets visitor walk along the beach and then to the nearby lava filed, where fur sea lions hide from the sun in the natural grottos, sharing the space with the Galapagos hawk, lava lizards, and marine iguanas. Puerto Egas is also a very good place for snorkeling or swimming directly from the beautiful beach.
PM: Rabida Island
Rabida presents a different landscape than the rest of the Galapagos thanks to its red hue, caused by the high concentration of iron oxide in its sand. A wet landing brings visitors to the red beach of Rabida, where a trail leads visitors to the nearby brackish water lagoon, where is possible to observe flamingoes.
The trail continues between two tuff cones and the arid vegetation composed mainly of Palo Santo trees and salt bushes, leading to a white coral beach used as a nesting site of sea turtles and located in the other coast of the island. The island is populated by yellow warblers, mockingbirds, finches, Galapagos doves, Galapagos hawks and brown pelicans.