Another animal that made the Galapagos Island world famous is the giant land turtle:



And these really big animals are quite agile and not as slow as you might think:



The long neck helps them to get to the leaves of bushes and small trees:



And this is how big they are (our guide in the background):



And this is me next to a saddleback turtle:



These guy can easily get 150 to 200 years old!





By the way, did that face remind you of somebody or something? Yes, it is true, the creatures of E.T. actually took this animal as an inspiration when the created their creature from somewhere in space.

Look again...




The spitting image of E.T., isn't it?



We have also seen sea turtles while snorkeling and diving but unfortunately I don't have any underwater pictures. But I was able to take this shot from the boat when one of the sea turtles surfaced quickly.