Genovesa Island, also known as Tower in English, is a small island located above the equator line and part of five small islands in the most northern region of the Galapagos archipelago. As you get closer to this island, which at this time of the year is a remarkable green due to the precipitation collected, you can easily see that it does not come up very high from the ocean surface.
Genovesa has great scenery, when we point the bow of the National Geographic Endeavour to the anchorage site, the birds are all over the island’s skies. It is hard to give a quick description of what you see, you will think that is only one bird species that flies by, but it is just endless and we are so excited to identify each of them. Red footed boobies, terns, sea gulls, tropicbirds, frigatebirds, owls, finches, blue footed boobies, doves, herons and many others. It’s incredible, and all in such a small place! The level of excitement is beyond my comprehension. Our expedition leader has it all figured out before we get there in the morning: some of the explorers will see a visitor site called Prince Phillips Steps and other explorers will be disembarking at Darwin Bay, another visitor location in the same island.
Booth of the locations will be ideal to observe the birds described earlier and the encounters so close the adventurers will not believe it. Our destination is also great to perform kayaking and deep water snorkeling that is also part of the program.
By six in the afternoon every explorer has visited each location and explored underwater area. Everyone now has a clear idea of the importance of the island for bird nesting in this region.
Another great expedition is concluding and we are certain that our adventurers on board will be the new Galapagos Ambassadors.
