Playita is tucked away in the national park section of Isabela not far from our hotel. As you can see it was full of marine iguanas. We probably saw the largest reptiles at this beach. Our guide thought a few were probably several decades old. Marine iguanas are the only modern lizards that hang out in the ocean, and they are found in the Galapagos only. They dive into the water to eat algae, and during the day they return to the rocks to absorb heat. It seems like at Playita they can do both at the same time, and indeed we did see some of them eating. This algae was even more vivid in person. Oh, and several aged cacti were found here.




