Galapagos Islands: Diving North Seymour

Galapagos Islands - Summer 2018 - Episode #9 On this episode we headed out on our second dive trip of the expedition! North Seymour is off the coast of the Island of Santa Cruz, and provided our first close up of sharks including white-tipped reef sharks and the Galapagos shark. More prominently displayed were a number of fish and invertebrates species from the local islands. Check out the journey and keep exploring! Thanks for watching! For those interested in the logistics and cost of this trip. Check out the information below. Logistics for Santa Cruz Island stay (4 nights/5 Days) • Hostel North Seymour, Lobo Marino y Duncan N. 258, Puerto Ayora. 4 night stay for 2 people ($221.76 total, or $110.88 each). Complimentary breakfast and water bottle re-fills included. I booked through Expedia.com. in January (5 months before my stay). Hotel North Seymour is a cash only location, so you pay when you arrive. https://www.northseymourhostel.com/en-us • Taxi from docks to hotel (10 min trip) = $2 (you can walk… I had broken luggage) • Highlands Tour: we used a taxi which cost $45 for two people on a half day trip. This included stops at El Chato Tortoise Reserve, Los Gemelos (collapsed craters), and the Lava tunnels. The El Chato Tortoise ranch also cost $5 to enter. • North Seymour Dive Trip with Eagle Ray Tours $230 each with Eagleray Tours (http://www.eagleraytours.com.ec/). Due to boat repairs, Eagle Ray Tours could not run the trip. They worked with Albatros Tours (https://diveresortgalapagos.com) to make sure we got on another boat for the same tour. • Bartolome Island Tour with Eagle Ray Tours ($235 each). Full day with land and snorkeling excursions. • Food Expenses can obviously very. We had 3 breakfasts and 2 lunches included between the hotel and tours. I purchased 4 dinners, and 1 lunches for $55 combined (no Alcoholic drinks or sodas)…and maybe another $10 of other stuff like ice cream cones and the like. • Gratuities: I spent roughly $45 tipping on tours and restaurants. • Ferries between Islands cost $30 one way. We booked our ferry from Santa Cruz to Isabella, and from Isabella back to Santa Cruz with Eagle Ray Tours. I recommend booking your ferry passage as soon as you can as they do fill up. Total Cost for the Santa Cruz leg of the trip: • $737,88 (without ferries to and from the island) • They are actually a species of prickly pear that have adapted this tall morphology to evade the giant tortoise, land iguanas that eat them.