Genovesa Island
Genovesa is located on the north side of the Galápagos Archipelago. This island is home to thousands of seabirds, sea lions, marine iguanas, Darwin’s finches, etc. Today we are exploring one of the most important beautiful places in the Galápagos. At the end of the day, Genovesa is the flavor of satisfaction, the flavor of wildlife at its prime and the flavor of an unforgettable place.
We explored Prince Philip’s Steps with cameras in hand and red-footed boobies perching in trees and Nazca boobies on the ground in front of us. The landscape is surreal; the island is dry at this time of the year, and the trees are all leafless, waiting for the rains help them leaf out and turn green. In the trees you find frigatebirds and red-footed boobies nesting, feeding their chicks or resting.
Here on Genovesa the marine life is superb! We had encounters with myriad tropical fish of all sizes, sharks, and at least three types of rays. The seascape is quite unique; the bay here is actually a giant volcanic crater with a circular appearance. In this crater there is a beach with sea lions and swallow-tailed gulls, trails among red mangrove trees, seabirds’ colonies and much more.
A highlight of the day was kayaking along the cliffs of the bay. As we explored the place in kayaks we observed the courtship of flocks of red-billed tropicbirds. These birds nest in caves on the cliffs at this time of the year; observing their flight as they look for nesting sites can really be a chaos of delight!
