Today we explored the north coast of Santiago Island, at Buccaneer’s Cove and Puerto Egas. This central island offers outstanding landscapes with high cliffs and interesting rock formations. Wildlife around this area consists of several seabird species such as blue-footed boobies, brown pelicans, and swallow-tailed gulls. We explored this island by kayaks, Zodiac rides, snorkeling, and walking along a magnificent trail. Today our guests had a blast learning about the natural history and geology of this island. We celebrated the end of this week with a farewell cocktail with Captain Mario Lomas in the lounge of National Geographic Endeavour II.
5/29/2025
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Genovesa Island
Genovesa is considered one of the Galapagos crown jewels, and today it was showing off all of its splendor. Immediately after breakfast we put on our sturdy shoes and set out to explore Prince Philip’s Steps. This area is known for opportunities to observe not only large colonies of nesting Nazca and red-footed boobies, but maybe, just maybe, the short-eared owl which exhibits diurnal behavior on this island. After this walk we got ready for a dip in the Pacific Ocean and snorkeling along the inner coast of this caldera. The afternoon was equally amazing as we disembarked to explore Darwin Bay, along a short and easy trail that was packed with wildlife. Here we observed not only nesting frigatebirds, red-footed boobies, and Nazca boobies, but also a few yellow-crowned night herons. It was another incredible afternoon in the Galapagos Islands.
