We are halfway through our expedition around the Galapagos Islands aboard National Geographic Endeavour II. We started our day with an early walk on Espumilla Beach, an important nesting site for Pacific green sea turtles. Afterwards, the ship changed location to Buccaneer Cove. Pirates and whalers visited this site. Guests enjoyed water activities like kayaking, tours in the glass-bottom boat, and snorkeling with mantas. In the afternoon, we took a walk on the shores of Puerto Egas and spent time on the beach. Today was another great day spent on these amazing islands.
5/29/2025
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Genovesa Island
Genovesa is considered one of the Galapagos crown jewels, and today it was showing off all of its splendor. Immediately after breakfast we put on our sturdy shoes and set out to explore Prince Philip’s Steps. This area is known for opportunities to observe not only large colonies of nesting Nazca and red-footed boobies, but maybe, just maybe, the short-eared owl which exhibits diurnal behavior on this island. After this walk we got ready for a dip in the Pacific Ocean and snorkeling along the inner coast of this caldera. The afternoon was equally amazing as we disembarked to explore Darwin Bay, along a short and easy trail that was packed with wildlife. Here we observed not only nesting frigatebirds, red-footed boobies, and Nazca boobies, but also a few yellow-crowned night herons. It was another incredible afternoon in the Galapagos Islands.
