Española Island
From the very beginning when we set foot on Española Island, there was a lot of excitement among our guests, and the main reason was because they had heard from the National Geographic Endeavour staff how wonderful this place was going to be. As soon as we started our walk we had the presence of Galápagos sea lions, Espanola mocking birds, Española marine iguanas, Española lava lizards, Galápagos hawks, Nazca boobies and Swallow tailed gulls giving the impression of a welcoming committee.
It was so tempting to stay right there for the whole morning, but we had to accomplish the 2 mile trail over boulders in order to see the famous waved albatross, and also an interesting geological formation known as the blowhole. The albatrosses were at their best this morning, jumping off the cliffs, gliding along the coast and performing the so-well-elaborated waved albatross dance, which was very unusual for this time of year because soon they are going to leave Española together with their chicks. But at the beginning of April of each year they come to this place to breed on Española Island only, and that is the reason they are endemic to Galápagos.
By the early afternoon we kept going with our adventure to a different location on the same Island. The first ones to go out were the glass bottom boaters, followed by deep water snorkelers and then a group who just wanted to relax on one of the most beautiful white beaches in Galápagos covered with sea lions. Probably this is the best place for taking pictures of this very entertaining species. This was such an incredible day in this paradise.
