Galapagos: Sea Lions
A sea lion poses
If there’s one citizen that rules the Galapagos, it has to be the sea lions. These gregarious fellows have seemingly colonized every beach, rock, and shore available to them. The animals are curious and unafraid of people. On land, they’re usually just basking in the sun but the real show happens when they enter the water, either swimming or even surfing. A definite highlight of our entire trip was snorkeling with one sea lion and marveling at the underwater acrobatics (see the last video in this post).
Getting to know a couple pups
The pup was curious about Susan, too!
Seal buddies
No beach chairs needed
Coated in sand
Surfing sea lions (video below, then another video of two pups fighting over a stick)
Snorkeling with a sea lion
