Genovesa Island
There are very few places left in the world like Genovesa. Geographically located at the northern part of the Galapagos, this tiny island possesses one of the largest colonies of sea birds in the entire archipelago. Frigate birds, red-footed boobies and swallow-tailed gulls are among the most common sea birds found here, while mockingbirds, doves and finches represent part of the land birds residents. The circular bay we entered on arrival is an incredible caldera, which collapsed some few million years ago, providing us with an interesting anchorage site and a view of what once was an active volcano.
Because the islands are surrounded by thousands of miles of open ocean, seabirds have a prominent place in their fauna. There may be as many as three-quarters of a million seabirds in the Galapagos, including thirty per cent of the world’s blue-footed boobies, the world’s largest red-footed booby colony and the only colony of Nazca boobies currently in existence.
The island of Genovesa provided a great time for everyone, and even more so for all of those guests particularly oriented towards bird-watching. Day after day, our guests found that despite the relative closeness of the islands to one another, each one of them can be incredibly different and diverse. Even now, almost by the end of the week, we can observe our guests still not quite believing their eyes as they go after marine iguana photo number two thousand, or sea lion photo number eight hundred. After all, you never can have enough pictures of a sea lion!
There are very few places left in the world like Genovesa. Geographically located at the northern part of the Galapagos, this tiny island possesses one of the largest colonies of sea birds in the entire archipelago. Frigate birds, red-footed boobies and swallow-tailed gulls are among the most common sea birds found here, while mockingbirds, doves and finches represent part of the land birds residents. The circular bay we entered on arrival is an incredible caldera, which collapsed some few million years ago, providing us with an interesting anchorage site and a view of what once was an active volcano.
Because the islands are surrounded by thousands of miles of open ocean, seabirds have a prominent place in their fauna. There may be as many as three-quarters of a million seabirds in the Galapagos, including thirty per cent of the world’s blue-footed boobies, the world’s largest red-footed booby colony and the only colony of Nazca boobies currently in existence.
The island of Genovesa provided a great time for everyone, and even more so for all of those guests particularly oriented towards bird-watching. Day after day, our guests found that despite the relative closeness of the islands to one another, each one of them can be incredibly different and diverse. Even now, almost by the end of the week, we can observe our guests still not quite believing their eyes as they go after marine iguana photo number two thousand, or sea lion photo number eight hundred. After all, you never can have enough pictures of a sea lion!
