In the morning on Saturday the National Geographic Endeavour navigated to the only northern island in the archipelago with a land visitor site. The Genovesa anchorage site is located in the caldera of the volcano that formed this island. Small and low Genovesa is an island that holds one of the impressive seabird colonies of this volcanic group of islands we called Galapagos.
The morning visit was along a nice-looking white sand beach called Darwin Bay. This walk took place at a tidal zone with low bushes and shrubs where different birds nest. Along the walk we spotted Nazca boobies, great frigate birds, and many other seabirds which enhanced a walk where the landscape is so inspiring.
After the walk we all got organized to go deep-water snorkeling, our last chance here in the Galapagos. At the same time another afternoon walk took place in another great visitor site on the same island called El Barranco. The highest expectation was to spot the endemic owl that occupies an ecological niche that here in these islands will likely be occupied by a Galapagos hawk. Yes, the owls are hunting in the daytime now! The composition of the landscape, combine by the good company, made this last walk a memorable visit.
