Española Island
People often ask me which is my favorite Island. When it happens, I have to take a deep breath and deliberate for a while, and even then sometimes I cannot give any answer. It is hard to have a preference, when each one is unique, and has something that makes it different from the others, special. It also depends on my mood. If I feel like I want to dream that I go back to the very beginning of the Galápagos, I would choose Fernandina or Bartolome, with perfect geology, young lava flows. If I feel in the need of colors, I choose Genovesa in the breeding season. If I am willing to submerge in turquoise crystalline water, snorkeling with beautiful fish like this giant hawkfish, Gardner bay, Española’s Northeaster corner, would be my choice. If I am in the mood of dreaming, I fly the farthest, to the open seas, I certainly have to see waved albatrosses, and they are only found on Española. Or if I want to hear the special calls of blue-footed boobies in breeding ceremonies, Española is the place for it, and it has to be this time of year. So today, my answer would definitely be Española Island.
People often ask me which is my favorite Island. When it happens, I have to take a deep breath and deliberate for a while, and even then sometimes I cannot give any answer. It is hard to have a preference, when each one is unique, and has something that makes it different from the others, special. It also depends on my mood. If I feel like I want to dream that I go back to the very beginning of the Galápagos, I would choose Fernandina or Bartolome, with perfect geology, young lava flows. If I feel in the need of colors, I choose Genovesa in the breeding season. If I am willing to submerge in turquoise crystalline water, snorkeling with beautiful fish like this giant hawkfish, Gardner bay, Española’s Northeaster corner, would be my choice. If I am in the mood of dreaming, I fly the farthest, to the open seas, I certainly have to see waved albatrosses, and they are only found on Española. Or if I want to hear the special calls of blue-footed boobies in breeding ceremonies, Española is the place for it, and it has to be this time of year. So today, my answer would definitely be Española Island.
