North Seymour Islet, Radiba Island

Mar 01, 2020 - National Geographic Endeavour II

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The land iguanas of North Seymour were first introduced from nearby Baltra Island, under the wrong assumption that they had become locally extinct in the early 20th century. Thanks to that mistake, they have become a breeding stock to repopulate Baltra, which lost its iguanas during WW2, and more recently Santiago.

During the morning of our first full day in the Galapagos we visited North Seymour, a small low lying island just north of the channel that separates it from Baltra Island. Here we walked amongst blue-footed boobies, great and magnificent frigate birds, and our first Galapagos land iguanas.

In the afternoon, we visited Rabida Island where we had our first opportunity to explore the underwater world while snorkeling. We finished our day with a relaxed beach stroll where we spotted wading shore birds and basking Galapagos sea lions.

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Benjamin Ayala

Naturalist

Ben is a German-Ecuadorian naturalist guide who grew up on San Cristobal, the eastern-most island of the Galápagos Archipelago, home to the political capital of the province.

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