Hi Everyone! Last week, we spent the first day of our expedition hiking through the Trucadors Peninsula, wading out to and then hiking across Isla Espalmador, before swimming to Isla des Porcs and Isla Torreta. It was an amazing day of photography and adventure.
We’ve created a short video about this adventure, which you can watch below!
Trucadors is interesting because unlike the rest of Formentera, it lacks vegetation. While the lizards on most of Formentera are blue or green, the lizards on Trucadors are brown, and match the sandy terrain almost perfectly. Once we got to Isla Espalmador, Isla des Porcs, and Isla Torreta, we found that the lizards at each location were quite distinct – both in terms of their color and their behavior. We got some great images of these lizards. You can see some of them by clicking here.
Neil and I have a lot of photo equipment, and getting all that gear to these small islands was a challenge. We resolved this issue by acquiring a small inflatable raft, filling it with our gear and towing it behind us as we swam to the islands – a risky but effective strategy.
We got back to Formentera last night from a successful three-day trip to Ibiza. We visited a handful of new islands with incredibly distinct lizard populations. We’re looking forward to sharing those images with you in a few days!