Day Thirteen: Galapagos - Santa Cruz Island - Lonesome George
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Day Thirteen: Galapagos - Santa Cruz Island - Lonesome George

Our last day in the Galapagos islands was spent visiting the Charles Darwin Research Station and Lonesome George, a Galapagos tortoise from Pinta Island that is likely to be the last of his subspecies, and taking a short walk through a Scalesia forest to see a humongous pit crater.

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Lonesome George

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Another giant tortoise at the Charles Darwin Research Station

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Land iguana

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Piles of food for the giant tortoises

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"Did I hear someone say food?"

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A little Darwin finch

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A Galapagos flycatcher

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Street in Puerto Ayora

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Scalesia forest - Scalesia are endemic (uniquely found in the Galapagos) with over a dozen different species that have adapted to the different vegetation zones.

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Pit crater

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Pit crater filled with Scalesia forest

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A Darwin finch calling out a farewell to us as we head to Baltra to fly back to Quito.

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