Monday, January 19, 2009

The San Cristobal Highlands

Sunday, we hiked up to the only permanent freshwater lake in the Galapagos, El Junco Lagoon. The lake is located inside a crater, 700m. above sea level.
On the trail up to the crater we could see the effects of a few introduced species and also see the struggling native species as well.
After visiting El Junco, we went to the Galapaguera to see the Giant Galapagos Tortoises on the southeastern side of the island. We stopped along the side of the road to pick and eat an invasive species of berries and guava.

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