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Isabela is by far the largest Island of the Galapagos, formed by six volcanoes of which five are still active.
Giant Tortoises can
be found here in the wild. But most areas are off limits for tourists.
On June 4th 2009 we made landfall at
Urbina Beach. This bay
area was uplifted many meters during a volcanic eruption in 1954.
We searched for tortoises and land iguanas, but only found one
iguana hiding in the bushes.
Back at the beach we witnessed a couple of
Galapagos Hawks checking each other out.
That made
the day.
surf is up at Urbina Beach
but the wet landing is not so bad
checking for turtles and land iguanas
finally we spot an iguana, with a piece of its tail gone
back at the beach a pelican glides by
a Galapagos Hawk at the beach
they seem to have construction plans