Española Island
"Good morning, good morning everyone, it is six forty-five and we are anchored off the shores of Española Island, a true paradise on earth…"
Those were my initial words during my wake up call this morning, and after spending an entire day doing several activities on the island, I want to reiterate my statement, it is truly a paradise on earth!
Shortly after breakfast we headed to visit a small section of the island known as Punta Suarez; after a great beginning (yesterday afternoon), nobody was really sure if we could top yesterday’s highlights, but we did.
The island of Española is geographically blessed with a strikingly beautiful cliff section full of sea birds, a place that we explored fully during our morning via hiking or Zodiac cruising. Sea birds were found by the hundreds, simply resting or nesting along the shorelines of the island. Blue-footed boobies were hard to avoid, as they have chosen the middle of the trail to create some of their nests; Nazca boobies, their closest cousin, were also found adorning the landscape, contributing a great deal to form what we call “the Galápagos snow”, a much nicer term than “wano” or bird droppings.
For our afternoon the ship was reposition to a close location known as Gardner bay. This area possesses a beach as white as paper, and so long, that guests could simply take off and explore it at its full extend.
Sea lions were probably the highlight, and just because I did not mention them before, doesn’t mean that we didn’t see them during the morning. In fact, sea lions were part of our welcoming committee during both morning and afternoon.
Our afternoon turned out to be very active, as lots of our guests chose many activity options from the several ones offered today. Kayaking and snorkelling were very popular, but there were quite a few who wanted to go the whole mile and did everything, including glass bottom boat and beach time!
Galápagos is a group of islands that holds very especial characteristics, but one of the most important ones would be the power to convince people that paradises still exist.
"Good morning, good morning everyone, it is six forty-five and we are anchored off the shores of Española Island, a true paradise on earth…"
Those were my initial words during my wake up call this morning, and after spending an entire day doing several activities on the island, I want to reiterate my statement, it is truly a paradise on earth!
Shortly after breakfast we headed to visit a small section of the island known as Punta Suarez; after a great beginning (yesterday afternoon), nobody was really sure if we could top yesterday’s highlights, but we did.
The island of Española is geographically blessed with a strikingly beautiful cliff section full of sea birds, a place that we explored fully during our morning via hiking or Zodiac cruising. Sea birds were found by the hundreds, simply resting or nesting along the shorelines of the island. Blue-footed boobies were hard to avoid, as they have chosen the middle of the trail to create some of their nests; Nazca boobies, their closest cousin, were also found adorning the landscape, contributing a great deal to form what we call “the Galápagos snow”, a much nicer term than “wano” or bird droppings.
For our afternoon the ship was reposition to a close location known as Gardner bay. This area possesses a beach as white as paper, and so long, that guests could simply take off and explore it at its full extend.
Sea lions were probably the highlight, and just because I did not mention them before, doesn’t mean that we didn’t see them during the morning. In fact, sea lions were part of our welcoming committee during both morning and afternoon.
Our afternoon turned out to be very active, as lots of our guests chose many activity options from the several ones offered today. Kayaking and snorkelling were very popular, but there were quite a few who wanted to go the whole mile and did everything, including glass bottom boat and beach time!
Galápagos is a group of islands that holds very especial characteristics, but one of the most important ones would be the power to convince people that paradises still exist.
