Sunday, August 17, 2025

Tortoises of Santa Cruz

 Santa Cruz is a major Galapagos island, one of the few with an actual town, Puerto Ayora.  We were driven inland to highlands in the center of Santa Cruz.  Tortoises  were plentiful in the fields we passed.  


After reaching a preserve and having lunch, we walked paths in fields where some of the tortoises were ten to 20 feet away.



Some tortoises seemed to wonder who these white-skinned people were.


Their curiosity didn't last long.  They promptly went back to the important thing.  Eating.

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