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Shore Excursion to Isla Floreana

Another shore excursion in the Galapagos to Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island. This island is one that's actually inhabited but we visited a part that was not. Here the highlights were seeing some fairly large Hermit Crabs on land and native pink Flamingos. We also noted how different the terrain is of each island. Some of the plants and even some of the animals are only found one island only which we thought was interesting.

This excursion was ok. We spent a lot of time watching the Flamingos from a great distance. After that we worked our way to a nice beach on the other side of the island where we enjoyed watching a lot of Sally Lightfoot Crabs and enjoying the great views.
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View of the excursion site from the ship.
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All aboard the pangas!
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Ugh, another picture of Melanie and Steve.
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Angela getting ready for the hike.
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Another unusual endemic plant.
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Extreme zoom necessary to see the Hermit Crabs.
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Another yellow Finch.
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Pink Flamingos in the wild.
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A non-native Wasp.
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Frigate Bird.
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Checking out the view from an overlook.
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The beach on the other side.
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Quick, take a picture.
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Sally Lightfoot Crabs.
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A Crab up close.
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Casey's great picture of two crabs fighting or mating?
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Rich and Jenny taking a break.
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