National Geographic Endeavour II spend the day exploring the northern side of Santa Cruz Island, the channel between Santa Cruz and Santiago Islands including the Daphne Islets. We started our day early with a walk around the promontory at Dragon Hill, where we were looking for the brightly colored Galapagos land iguana and a few species of land birds. Later in the morning guests explored the underwater world while snorkeling at nearby Guy Fawkes Islet. Finally, after spending the afternoon on the lookout for marine wildlife, we circumnavigated Daphne Major while sampling South American wines on the sundeck.
9/20/2024
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National Geographic Endeavour II
Genovesa Island
Today is our last full day in the Galapagos. We are now located above the equator in the northern hemisphere. This is Genovesa Island, a pristine island with more than one million seabirds and home to the red-footed booby and much, much more. In the morning, we landed at a white coralline beach for our last walk among swallow-tailed gulls, red-footed boobies, frigatebirds, sea lions, and the world-famous Darwin finches. Then, we went snorkeling and kayaking along the shoreline. Back onboard for an impressive Ecuadorian lunch, the best culinary cuisine is prepared by our chefs. In the afternoon, we disembark searching for many seabirds like frigate birds and Nazca boobies, but the highlight was finding very illusive short-eared owls. We were lucky to find them. This expedition was also special because we had four new soon-to-be naturalists in training, and we wish them well. Back onboard for our Captain's farewell cocktail and final dinner.