Today National Geographic Endeavour II is anchored near Santiago Island. Here our activities begun before breakfast with early natural history morning walk or kayaking around the bay. After a delicious buffet meal, we had the option to do a second round of kayaking, try paddleboarding, or just relax and enjoy the wildlife around us. One of the highlights on these expeditions is the food, and today we had a special Mexican buffet with margaritas! After lunch the ship moved to Puerto Egas were we spent the afternoon at the beach swimming in the waves. After this activity, we enjoyed a walk along the island and had a nice time taking photos and enjoying the scenery views. To end the day, the crew organized a delicious BBQ on the sky deck with music and wine.
5/29/2025
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Genovesa Island
Genovesa is considered one of the Galapagos crown jewels, and today it was showing off all of its splendor. Immediately after breakfast we put on our sturdy shoes and set out to explore Prince Philip’s Steps. This area is known for opportunities to observe not only large colonies of nesting Nazca and red-footed boobies, but maybe, just maybe, the short-eared owl which exhibits diurnal behavior on this island. After this walk we got ready for a dip in the Pacific Ocean and snorkeling along the inner coast of this caldera. The afternoon was equally amazing as we disembarked to explore Darwin Bay, along a short and easy trail that was packed with wildlife. Here we observed not only nesting frigatebirds, red-footed boobies, and Nazca boobies, but also a few yellow-crowned night herons. It was another incredible afternoon in the Galapagos Islands.
