shark – Nannie RaRa

On our penultimate day we went for a panga ride round Eden islet. There are no landing spots there as there are cliffs up from the sea. We watched pelicans fishing as well as the frigate birds and brown noddies looking for food to take. A sea turtle poked its head out of the water.

There were a couple of young herons on the nest. You could just make out their long necks among the shrubs.

More deep-water snorkelling for my grandson while I went in the glass-bottomed boat. We had one of the naturalists on board so they were able to point out the various fish, sea cucumber, ray, sharks that we saw.

Our final landing was at North Seymour. There was a forest of leafless trees which are used to make incense. On our walk we came across lots of frigate birds on their nests, with the males puffing out their red chests.

There were also blue-footed boobies, several with fluffy white youngsters.

Their nests are just a spot on the ground surrounded by bird poop to designate their territory.

On our last day I looked out of the cabin window and there were tens of pelicans by the ship. We went on deck and could see them clearly, and in the water were several sharks. Frigate birds were flying around.