Genovesa Island
We started our visit on the island of Genovesa in a place called Darwin Bay. He (Darwin) never visited this island specifically. If he would had done so, his whole thinking of the Galápagos as nothing else but barren and isolated islands would have changed in a second! The island itself holds a population of more than a million birds. Most of them are great frigatebirds hovering over our heads or even practicing what they do best: stealing! They share the niche with the famous red-footed boobies, which not surprisingly, represents the other half of the population of birds in this island.
Most of the morning was spent at the beach, enjoying the incredibly rich concentration of wildlife there. It is impressive to walk among boobies and frigatebirds with the red pouches inflated, knowing that we are not considered a threatening species (this is a first!).
Of course swimming and snorkeling was definitely an option well received by almost everyone, specially our younger travellers.
The sun kept shining during the entire afternoon and it was just a matter of time for the question to be asked, “Can we jump off from the ship to swim?” So, besides the option for the walk and the Zodiac ride along the caldera, a third option (very popular, indeed) was taken by some of our guests. The hard part was trying to get them out of the water after a while!
The important thing is that everyone had lot of fun and enjoyed their day in whatever way they wanted; after all, that is what a vacation is all about…
We started our visit on the island of Genovesa in a place called Darwin Bay. He (Darwin) never visited this island specifically. If he would had done so, his whole thinking of the Galápagos as nothing else but barren and isolated islands would have changed in a second! The island itself holds a population of more than a million birds. Most of them are great frigatebirds hovering over our heads or even practicing what they do best: stealing! They share the niche with the famous red-footed boobies, which not surprisingly, represents the other half of the population of birds in this island.
Most of the morning was spent at the beach, enjoying the incredibly rich concentration of wildlife there. It is impressive to walk among boobies and frigatebirds with the red pouches inflated, knowing that we are not considered a threatening species (this is a first!).
Of course swimming and snorkeling was definitely an option well received by almost everyone, specially our younger travellers.
The sun kept shining during the entire afternoon and it was just a matter of time for the question to be asked, “Can we jump off from the ship to swim?” So, besides the option for the walk and the Zodiac ride along the caldera, a third option (very popular, indeed) was taken by some of our guests. The hard part was trying to get them out of the water after a while!
The important thing is that everyone had lot of fun and enjoyed their day in whatever way they wanted; after all, that is what a vacation is all about…
