Española Island
We explored today the southeastern tip of this archipelago, Española Island. The photography groups departed first, early this morning, to take opportunity of the first daylight, which can be the best for picture taking. Later on we landed on the island with the Natural history groups. Everyone got to see how diverse is the fauna of this archipelago. We encountered sun bathing marine iguanas and sea lions swimming in the shallows. But today the blue-footed boobies were at their best. We witnessed the whole courtship. We saw the male boobies doing the “sky pointing”, the first step in looking for a mate. We watched them exchanging presents and we also found several couples already with eggs. At the end of the path there is an open ground that we call “the albatross airport “. This is the place where they land and walk toward the cliff in order to take off. They must do it this way because they are pretty heavy birds.
In the afternoon we focused in water activities. We swam in one of the most beautiful beaches of this Archipelago, Gardner beach. We offered also a deep-water snorkeling option. And for those willing to enjoy the marine ecosystem without getting wet, we had the glass bottom boat.
We explored today the southeastern tip of this archipelago, Española Island. The photography groups departed first, early this morning, to take opportunity of the first daylight, which can be the best for picture taking. Later on we landed on the island with the Natural history groups. Everyone got to see how diverse is the fauna of this archipelago. We encountered sun bathing marine iguanas and sea lions swimming in the shallows. But today the blue-footed boobies were at their best. We witnessed the whole courtship. We saw the male boobies doing the “sky pointing”, the first step in looking for a mate. We watched them exchanging presents and we also found several couples already with eggs. At the end of the path there is an open ground that we call “the albatross airport “. This is the place where they land and walk toward the cliff in order to take off. They must do it this way because they are pretty heavy birds.
In the afternoon we focused in water activities. We swam in one of the most beautiful beaches of this Archipelago, Gardner beach. We offered also a deep-water snorkeling option. And for those willing to enjoy the marine ecosystem without getting wet, we had the glass bottom boat.
