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If you love birds, then make sure to include Genovesa in your Galapagos island cruise.

 

Why would you put yourself through a night sailing in roughs and getting sea sick like me?

 

Because from all the islands in your Galapagos cruise, Genovesa is the ideal place to watching countless beautiful birds you wont see anywhere else.

 

We were lucky our guide spotted a short eared Galapagos owl, which as you can see on the picture blends in perfectly with the Galapagos environment.

 

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Walking from Prince Philip’s Steps towards the black cliffs, it’s cute to see pairs of birds nesting, utterly protected inside the cliffs.

 

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This red-footed booby is the smallest booby in Galapagos and the only one that nests in trees.

 

Other birds you will surely see without needing binoculars are pigeons, herons, sea-gulls and the above red footed boobies, while frigatebirds fly endlessly searching for food.

 

If you do love birds and you don’t mind to get seasick (or make sure to bring anti-seasick pills, which I unfortunately forgot…), then make sure to include Genovesa in your Galapagos islands cruise.

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Galapagos Island animals

smurfGalapagos Island animals are unique because they "can’t be bothered when humans are around" and they have evolved in ways only to be found at the Galapagos Islands.

But before you dig deep into the uniqueness of diversification, the main thing is to enjoy these Galapagos Island animals in their daily life and surroundings.

Just enjoy what you see because you are on vacation after all!

The smurf amongst the Galapagos Island animals

The most curious bird of all, I always call it the "smurf bird" is the one below: as if he bought himself some plastic swimwear and his favorite colour is blue…

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Galapagos Island animals : the blue footed booby

This bird dives in the sea in order to catch fish, so that’s already an amazing thing to witness every day. It becomes fun though when you experience their mating dance… then you understand why the colour of their feet is so blue.

We will show you this in our next post and also explain why the bird is called booby in the first place. It’s derived from a Spanish word because don’t forget: Galapagos Island animals are close to the south American continent.


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Galapagos Turtles

galapagos turtlesOnce you are having your Galapagos Island vacation, you cannot look next to the Galapagos turtles: the turtles on the Galapagos Islands are the biggest turtles in the world!

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If you opt for visiting the different Galapagos Islands on a tour, then make sure to use your eyes like Darwin did: have a look how these turtles look different on each Galapagos island, being adapted to the specific vegetation and life conditions of each specific Galapagos Island.

Read more at: Galapagos Turtles

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