✈️ The next adventure is calling…next stop: Rome, Italy 🇮🇹 Sorrento/Capri, Italy🇮🇹 Catania (Sicily), Italy🇮🇹 Gozo, Malta 🇲🇹 Tunis, Tunisia 🇹🇳 Palermo (Sicily), Italy 🇮🇹 Olbia (Sardinia), Italy 🇮🇹 Florence/Pisa/Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹 Ajaccio (Corsica), France 🇫🇷 Saint-Tropez, France 🇫🇷 Monte Carlo, Monaco 🇲🇨 Nice, France 🇫🇷
ASTA kicks off the 2023 Global River Cruise Expo in Budapest, Hungary with guest speaker Wolfgang Puck. #RCE2023 #ASTA #WolfgangPuck🧑🏼🍳#Budapest #Hungary🇭🇺
🐦Marrige Retreat…. #OurDailyView #MarriottHotelHaciendaBelen. #SanJose #PuraVida #CostaRica 🇨🇷
🐦Marrige Retreat….
#OurDailyView
#MarriottHotelHaciendaBelen.
#SanJose #PuraVida #CostaRica 🇨🇷
👩🏻🎨 The History of Costa Rica is carved into the walls…
👩🏻🎨 The History of Costa Rica is carved into the walls…The Costa Rican Art Museum or Museo de Arte Costarricense sits at the end of the Paseo Colon, the main street in downtown San Jose, in La Sabana Park. The collection includes an array of styles which demonstrate how Costa Rican artists throughout history have interpreted major European art movements. The permanent collections feature paintings, sculptures, and prints alongside rotating expositions.
👩🏻🎨The world of Latin American art is on display here with featured artists such as Jose Sancho, Max Jimenez, Francisco Zuniga and Jorge Jimenez-Deredia.
👩🏻🎨The museum is home to the most complete collection of Costa Rican art in the world. Visitors can view pieces as far back as the early 19th century.
👩🏻🎨Contemporary art is featured here as well, with a unique international collection of more than 560 pieces.
👩🏻🎨In the museum’s outdoor space, there is a vibrant sculpture garden featuring several important pieces by noteworthy Costa Rican sculptures.
#TheCostaRicanArtMuseum #SanJose #PuraVida #CostaRica 🇨🇷
Now you see it…now you don’t…
Now you see it…now you don’t…🌋 Poás volcano is a powerful symbol of the geothermal forces that formed Costa Rica. When the mist and clouds part you’ll see the sulfuric, bubbling, green rain fed lake at the bottom, surrounded by smoke and steam rising from fumaroles. Water from the lake is constantly seeping through cracks in the hot rock, evaporating and building pockets of steam.
When the pressure in these pockets exceeds the weight of the water above, the steam breaks through in geysers that rocket up to 820 feet (250 meters) high. Don’t worry about getting a shower though, the crater is 1,050 feet (320 meters) deep. At almost a mile (1.6 km) across it’s also the largest active crater in the world. New safety features have been added to protect visitors in case of particularly heavy activity.
🌋Poás is active, but don’t expect to see a full fledged eruption or even any lava flow here, the most recent period of violent eruptive activity ended in 1954. The last major activity was in 1910 when nearly a million tons of ash was ejected along with an immense column of smoke and steam.
In April of 2017 an eruption of gas, ash and rocks damaged some of the buildings and trails inducing the government to close the park. The only views were from the volcanology institute live camera.�
🌋A year later improvements to the safety infrastructure including poison gas monitors, concrete bunkers, and emergency filters were initiated and at the end of August 2018 the park partially re-opened to the public.
🌋The volcano provides an excellent of extreme example of the effects of acid rain. Around the caldera, and for several miles downwind, the vegetation is stunted brown and black by the tainted moisture that precipitates from the omnipresent clouds near the peak.
#PoásVolcano #PoásVolcanoNationalPark
#SanJose #PuraVida #CostaRica 🇨🇷
Wait for it…🌋 Poás volcano…
Wait for it…🌋 Poás volcano is a powerful symbol of the geothermal forces that formed Costa Rica. When the mist and clouds part you’ll see the sulfuric, bubbling, green rain fed lake at the bottom, surrounded by smoke and steam rising from fumaroles. Water from the lake is constantly seeping through cracks in the hot rock, evaporating and building pockets of steam.
When the pressure in these pockets exceeds the weight of the water above, the steam breaks through in geysers that rocket up to 820 feet (250 meters) high. Don’t worry about getting a shower though, the crater is 1,050 feet (320 meters) deep. At almost a mile (1.6 km) across it’s also the largest active crater in the world. New safety features have been added to protect visitors in case of particularly heavy activity.
🌋Poás is active, but don’t expect to see a full fledged eruption or even any lava flow here, the most recent period of violent eruptive activity ended in 1954. The last major activity was in 1910 when nearly a million tons of ash was ejected along with an immense column of smoke and steam.
In April of 2017 an eruption of gas, ash and rocks damaged some of the buildings and trails inducing the government to close the park. The only views were from the volcanology institute live camera.�
🌋A year later improvements to the safety infrastructure including poison gas monitors, concrete bunkers, and emergency filters were initiated and at the end of August 2018 the park partially re-opened to the public.
🌋The volcano provides an excellent of extreme example of the effects of acid rain. Around the caldera, and for several miles downwind, the vegetation is stunted brown and black by the tainted moisture that precipitates from the omnipresent clouds near the peak.
#PoásVolcano #PoásVolcanoNationalPark
#SanJose #PuraVida #CostaRica 🇨🇷
#PikaiaLodge #RelaisChâteaux #SantaCruzIsland #GalapagosHighlands 🇪🇨
🏨Hidden in a secluded location and nestled on top of an extinct volcano crater Pikaia Lodge is a stunning new alternative for exploring the "Last paradise on Earth" in a comfortable and truly sustainable land based way. Pikaia Lodge is on Santa Cruz Island in the centre of the Galapagos Archipelago. The Pikaia Lodge concept is designed for the environmentally conscious, eco-adventure traveler, who seeks intimate contact with the unique natural heritage of the Galapagos along with all the comforts of a highly evolved lifestyle. In fact, you will discover some of the finest beaches of the Galapagos near the lodge. Pikaia Lodge – The Galapagos, will be the first 5-star lodge in Ecuador to be designed, built and operated according to the highest LEED specifications, and is part of a larger project that aims to build a total of three such lodges. The Galapagos and its surrounding marine reserve, part of the Republic of Ecuador, is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site. All 14 spacious rooms and suites have panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows and private shaded terraces with breathtaking unobstructed views over the green-tinged volcanic landscape of Santa Cruz to the blue Pacific Ocean.
#PikaiaLodge #RelaisChâteaux #SantaCruzIsland #GalapagosHighlands #LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#PikaiaLodge #RelaisChâteaux #SantaCruzIsland #GalapagosHighlands 🇪🇨
🏨Hidden in a secluded location and nestled on top of an extinct volcano crater Pikaia Lodge is a stunning new alternative for exploring the "Last paradise on Earth" in a comfortable and truly sustainable land based way. Pikaia Lodge is on Santa Cruz Island in the centre of the Galapagos Archipelago. The Pikaia Lodge concept is designed for the environmentally conscious, eco-adventure traveler, who seeks intimate contact with the unique natural heritage of the Galapagos along with all the comforts of a highly evolved lifestyle. In fact, you will discover some of the finest beaches of the Galapagos near the lodge. Pikaia Lodge – The Galapagos, will be the first 5-star lodge in Ecuador to be designed, built and operated according to the highest LEED specifications, and is part of a larger project that aims to build a total of three such lodges. The Galapagos and its surrounding marine reserve, part of the Republic of Ecuador, is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site. All 14 spacious rooms and suites have panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows and private shaded terraces with breathtaking unobstructed views over the green-tinged volcanic landscape of Santa Cruz to the blue Pacific Ocean.
#PikaiaLodge #RelaisChâteaux #SantaCruzIsland #GalapagosHighlands #LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#PikaiaLodge #RelaisChâteaux #SantaCruzIsland #GalapagosHighlands 🇪🇨
🏨Hidden in a secluded location and nestled on top of an extinct volcano crater Pikaia Lodge is a stunning new alternative for exploring the "Last paradise on Earth" in a comfortable and truly sustainable land based way. Pikaia Lodge is on Santa Cruz Island in the centre of the Galapagos Archipelago. The Pikaia Lodge concept is designed for the environmentally conscious, eco-adventure traveler, who seeks intimate contact with the unique natural heritage of the Galapagos along with all the comforts of a highly evolved lifestyle. In fact, you will discover some of the finest beaches of the Galapagos near the lodge. Pikaia Lodge – The Galapagos, will be the first 5-star lodge in Ecuador to be designed, built and operated according to the highest LEED specifications, and is part of a larger project that aims to build a total of three such lodges. The Galapagos and its surrounding marine reserve, part of the Republic of Ecuador, is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site. All 14 spacious rooms and suites have panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows and private shaded terraces with breathtaking unobstructed views over the green-tinged volcanic landscape of Santa Cruz to the blue Pacific Ocean.
#PikaiaLodge #RelaisChâteaux #SantaCruzIsland #GalapagosHighlands #LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#SilverSeaExpedition #NationalGeographicExpedition #GalapagosIslands 🇪🇨
⛴Silversea & National Geographic Expedition sighting at the port of Santa Cruz…
#SilverSeaExpedition #NationalGeographicExpedition #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#CelebrityExpedition #SouthPlazaIsland 🇪🇨
⛴Celebrity Expedition sighting at the port of South Plaza…
#Celebrity Cruises
#SilverSeaExpedition #NationalGeographicExpedition #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
Santa Fe Island Galápagos 🇪🇨
🏝 Santa Fe may well be the oldest of all Galapagos Islands. Geologists estimate that it could be at least 4 to 4 and 1/2 million years old. This data puts Santa Fe into a unique place in natural history, even by Galapagos standards. The old age of Santa Fe island means that more endemic species live here than on any other Galapagos island. So a visit to Santa Fe Galapagos is unusual in that you’ll find creatures on this small island that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet!
Santa Fe island has two different species of Galapagos Land Iguana, including the endemic Barrington land iguana.
Galapagos sea lions congregate in large numbers on the beaches in the bay. Santa Fe is one of the best places at Galapagos to dive with these playful creatures.
The cliffs of Santa Fe are home to a large array of nesting sea birds. Blue footed boobies, Shear water petrels, swallow tailed gulls and red-billed tropic birds can all be found.
There’s also action on land – keep an eye open for land birds such as Darwin finches, Galapagos hawks and mockingbirds.
The underwater adventure at Santa fe island is also impressive. Divers and snorkelers may spot Galapagos reef fish, sharks and rays.
#PrivateYachtExploration #Victoria #SeaLions #GalapagosShark #Iguanas #SantaFeIsland
#LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
Santa Fe Island Galápagos 🇪🇨
🏝 Santa Fe may well be the oldest of all Galapagos Islands. Geologists estimate that it could be at least 4 to 4 and 1/2 million years old. This data puts Santa Fe into a unique place in natural history, even by Galapagos standards. The old age of Santa Fe island means that more endemic species live here than on any other Galapagos island. So a visit to Santa Fe Galapagos is unusual in that you’ll find creatures on this small island that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet!
Santa Fe island has two different species of Galapagos Land Iguana, including the endemic Barrington land iguana.
Galapagos sea lions congregate in large numbers on the beaches in the bay. Santa Fe is one of the best places at Galapagos to dive with these playful creatures.
The cliffs of Santa Fe are home to a large array of nesting sea birds. Blue footed boobies, Shear water petrels, swallow tailed gulls and red-billed tropic birds can all be found.
There’s also action on land – keep an eye open for land birds such as Darwin finches, Galapagos hawks and mockingbirds.
The underwater adventure at Santa fe island is also impressive. Divers and snorkelers may spot Galapagos reef fish, sharks and rays.
#PrivateYachtExploration #Victoria #SeaLions #GalapagosShark #Iguanas #SantaFeIsland
#LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
Santa Fe Island Galápagos 🤣
🏝 Santa Fe may well be the oldest of all Galapagos Islands. Geologists estimate that it could be at least 4 to 4 and 1/2 million years old. This data puts Santa Fe into a unique place in natural history, even by Galapagos standards. The old age of Santa Fe island means that more endemic species live here than on any other Galapagos island. So a visit to Santa Fe Galapagos is unusual in that you’ll find creatures on this small island that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet!
Santa Fe island has two different species of Galapagos Land Iguana, including the endemic Barrington land iguana.
Galapagos sea lions congregate in large numbers on the beaches in the bay. Santa Fe is one of the best places at Galapagos to dive with these playful creatures.
The cliffs of Santa Fe are home to a large array of nesting sea birds. Blue footed boobies, Shear water petrels, swallow tailed gulls and red-billed tropic birds can all be found.
There’s also action on land – keep an eye open for land birds such as Darwin finches, Galapagos hawks and mockingbirds.
The underwater adventure at Santa fe island is also impressive. Divers and snorkelers may spot Galapagos reef fish, sharks and rays.
#PrivateYachtExploration #Victoria #SeaLions #GalapagosShark #Iguanas #SantaFeIsland
#LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
Santa Fe Island Galápagos 🇪🇨
🏝 Santa Fe may well be the oldest of all Galapagos Islands. Geologists estimate that it could be at least 4 to 4 and 1/2 million years old. This data puts Santa Fe into a unique place in natural history, even by Galapagos standards. The old age of Santa Fe island means that more endemic species live here than on any other Galapagos island. So a visit to Santa Fe Galapagos is unusual in that you’ll find creatures on this small island that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet!
Santa Fe island has two different species of Galapagos Land Iguana, including the endemic Barrington land iguana.
Galapagos sea lions congregate in large numbers on the beaches in the bay. Santa Fe is one of the best places at Galapagos to dive with these playful creatures.
The cliffs of Santa Fe are home to a large array of nesting sea birds. Blue footed boobies, Shear water petrels, swallow tailed gulls and red-billed tropic birds can all be found.
There’s also action on land – keep an eye open for land birds such as Darwin finches, Galapagos hawks and mockingbirds.
The underwater adventure at Santa fe island is also impressive. Divers and snorkelers may spot Galapagos reef fish, sharks and rays.
#PrivateYachtExploration #Victoria #SeaLions #GalapagosShark #Iguanas #SantaFeIsland
#LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#SantaFeIsland #Galapagos🇪🇨
🏝 Santa Fe may well be the oldest of all Galapagos Islands. Geologists estimate that it could be at least 4 to 4 and 1/2 million years old. This data puts Santa Fe into a unique place in natural history, even by Galapagos standards. The old age of Santa Fe island means that more endemic species live here than on any other Galapagos island. So a visit to Santa Fe Galapagos is unusual in that you’ll find creatures on this small island that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet!
Santa Fe island has two different species of Galapagos Land Iguana, including the endemic Barrington land iguana.
Galapagos sea lions congregate in large numbers on the beaches in the bay. Santa Fe is one of the best places at Galapagos to dive with these playful creatures.
The cliffs of Santa Fe are home to a large array of nesting sea birds. Blue footed boobies, Shear water petrels, swallow tailed gulls and red-billed tropic birds can all be found.
There’s also action on land – keep an eye open for land birds such as Darwin finches, Galapagos hawks and mockingbirds.
The underwater adventure at Santa fe island is also impressive. Divers and snorkelers may spot Galapagos reef fish, sharks and rays.
#PrivateYachtExploration #Victoria #SeaLions #GalapagosShark #Iguanas #SantaFeIsland
#LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite #Ecuador🇪🇨
South Plaza Island is rich in unique plants and vegetation. Massive Opuntia cactuses, also known as giant prickly pears, grow abundantly on the island, and the ground is covered with colourful Galapagos carpetweed. These plants are endemic to this island and are famous for changing colours throughout different seasons. During the dry season, the Galapagos carpetweed forms a vibrant red and violet carpet over the island. This turns lush green in the rainy season and yellow during the dry season.
As we arrive at the pier, we are greeted by a colony of sea lions. We then made our way to the cliffs where we had the best spot to marvel at the elegant flight of the swallow-tailed gulls and other seabirds. We then hiked to the bird watching cliffs accompanied by smaller land iguanas. South Plaza Island is the only place on earth where you will find the Galapagos hybrid iguanas (a result of cross-breeding between a male marine iguana and female land iguana) due to overlapping territories.
#PrivateYachtExploration #Victoria #SouthPlazaIsland #SeaLions #GalapagosShark #Iguana
#LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#PrivateYachtExploration #Victoria #SouthPlazaIsland #SeaLions #GalapagosShark #Iguana #LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite #Ecuador🇪🇨
South Plaza Island is rich in unique plants and vegetation. Massive Opuntia cactuses, also known as giant prickly pears, grow abundantly on the island, and the ground is covered with colourful Galapagos carpetweed. These plants are endemic to this island and are famous for changing colours throughout different seasons. During the dry season, the Galapagos carpetweed forms a vibrant red and violet carpet over the island. This turns lush green in the rainy season and yellow during the dry season.
As we arrive at the pier, we are greeted by a colony of sea lions. We then made our way to the cliffs where we had the best spot to marvel at the elegant flight of the swallow-tailed gulls and other seabirds. We then hiked to the bird watching cliffs accompanied by smaller land iguanas. South Plaza Island is the only place on earth where you will find the Galapagos hybrid iguanas (a result of cross-breeding between a male marine iguana and female land iguana) due to overlapping territories.
#PrivateYachtExploration #Victoria #SouthPlazaIsland #SeaLions #GalapagosShark #Iguana
#LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
🛥🏝Private Yacht cruise 🇪🇨
🛥🏝Private Yacht cruise onboard the exclusive Vision to explore South Plaza Island & Santa Fe Island…
#PrivateYachtExploration
#Vision #SouthPlazaIsland #SantaFeIsland
#LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#GalápagosBeachAtTortugaBay 🇪🇨
🦎 Iguana sighting…
🏖 🏄🏻♀️🦎 Tortuga Bay is accessed by an improved trail of rock and boardwalk surrounded by opuntia cacti, palo santo trees, and matasarno trees. The walk in the sun is rewarded with a spectacular white sand beach stretching across the southern coast of Santa Cruz.
Tortuga Bay beach is famous for its expansive and pristine shoreline that gradually descends into the sparkling Pacific Ocean. It’s a great place to try your hand at surfing (be careful) or just relax and soak in the sun with the Marine Iguanas.
#GalápagosBeachAtTortugaBay #TortugaBay #PlayaMansa #LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #SantaCruzIsland #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
#Iguanas #GalápagosBeachAtTortugaBay #TortugaBay #PlayaMansa #LoseYourselfInNature #NurturedByNature #SantaCruzIsland #GalapagosIslands #UnescoWorldHeritageSite
#Ecuador🇪🇨
