Española Island
A beautifully calm early morning kayak outing was the beginning of this last full day in Galápagos. Española Island is our jewel of the crown and it is the best place to visit at the end of our expedition in the Galápagos Islands.
Starting from the National Geographic Islander at seven o’clock, early kayakers started along the shore line of Gardner Bay and joined sea turtles and pelicans that were feasting on a school of anchovies caught next to the shore. We enjoyed joining them in a close encounter.
After breakfast some of us took the last snorkeling chance around Gardner Islet; sting rays, sea stars, lots of different colorful fish together with a couple of playful sea lions were our delightful discoveries. In the meantime, the second round of kayakers paddled around the bay observing the great wildlife surrounding them.
The final optional activity for the morning was an outing to a white sandy beach filled with hundreds of friendly sea lions. Surely we had more than enough pictures of them all! Once back on board, our expedition leader briefed us about all the details about our trip back home tomorrow and about the afternoon’s outing in Punta Suarez.
While we had a well deserved lunch after all of our morning activities, the ship took us around Española Island to the far western point for the afternoon’s walk.
The afternoon was highlighted by hundreds of colorful marine iguanas, big Española lava lizards, Española mocking birds, Galápagos doves, Galápagos hawks and last but not least, the spectacular and unique waved albatross endemic to the islands and to Española itself.
This was most surely the most fabulous day in our itinerary.
A beautifully calm early morning kayak outing was the beginning of this last full day in Galápagos. Española Island is our jewel of the crown and it is the best place to visit at the end of our expedition in the Galápagos Islands.
Starting from the National Geographic Islander at seven o’clock, early kayakers started along the shore line of Gardner Bay and joined sea turtles and pelicans that were feasting on a school of anchovies caught next to the shore. We enjoyed joining them in a close encounter.
After breakfast some of us took the last snorkeling chance around Gardner Islet; sting rays, sea stars, lots of different colorful fish together with a couple of playful sea lions were our delightful discoveries. In the meantime, the second round of kayakers paddled around the bay observing the great wildlife surrounding them.
The final optional activity for the morning was an outing to a white sandy beach filled with hundreds of friendly sea lions. Surely we had more than enough pictures of them all! Once back on board, our expedition leader briefed us about all the details about our trip back home tomorrow and about the afternoon’s outing in Punta Suarez.
While we had a well deserved lunch after all of our morning activities, the ship took us around Española Island to the far western point for the afternoon’s walk.
The afternoon was highlighted by hundreds of colorful marine iguanas, big Española lava lizards, Española mocking birds, Galápagos doves, Galápagos hawks and last but not least, the spectacular and unique waved albatross endemic to the islands and to Española itself.
This was most surely the most fabulous day in our itinerary.
