Española Island
Being in Española is like being back in time when these oceanic islands were born from the ocean floor. This island is considered to be the oldest among the over a hundred Islands. Some of the species spotted today won’t be found any more along the week and the reason is simple, they are just endemic to Espanñola. Galápagos is probably the best example of adaptive radiation on our planet. Some creatures made it to this isolated paradise millions of years ago probably, and here they spread all over, and due to isolation they became unique, like Española mockingbirds, Española lava lizards, and Española marine iguanas, which are just a classic example for everyone visiting this place.
We started our activities very early in the morning. A wake-up call at 5:30am for our photo expert groups was offered to take advantage of the light producing a beautiful sunrise; later on our natural history groups disembarked at the same location with the same interest to enjoy and photograph the beauty of this place.
Before we started our afternoon activities a talk, “Telling your Galápagos story,” was offered at the main launch with one of our photo experts, and we continued our activities with our glass bottom boat, deep water snorkeling and kayaking, and some of our guests just did all of them. This is without mentioning that time on a white sandy beach with Galápagos sea lions was offered for the delight of our National Geographic Endeavour guests.
This is just the beginning of our adventure here in paradise, and some are just satisfied with these two days. Only places like Galápagos can make you think that way.
