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.