7 Sights and Attractions
1. Go see one island in the Galapagos called Espanola. Espanola is the oldest island in the Galapagos chain, when you go there, you can see much wildlife, which overtime have adapted to their natural needs."Secluded from the other islands, wildlife on Espanola adapted to the island's environment and natural resources." Just one example of an animal you can see is a iguana, during their breeding season, they change color!
2. When your in Espanola, look for the Hood Mockingbird. This bird is not afraid of people. "...frequently land on visitors heads and shoulders searching for food." The Hood Mockingbird is bigger than most of the birds on the island. One unique feature of this bird is that it is the only carnivorous bird in the island. It eats things like insects, baby turtles and sea lion placenctas.
3. Another place that you can go while in the Galapagos is the island of Fernandina. This island is the youngest of the Galapagos islands. This island has a extremly active volcano. "...since eruptions still may occur every few years. Which changes the landscape and life on the island." When you go to this island you can take a dangerous yet unique path which shows you lava feilds.
4. While in Fernandina, you can also take a path which shows you marine iguanas and a colony of sea lions. This island is the home to the largest colony of marine iguanas. "During the first half of the year the iguanas nest here by burrowing small holes in the sand." When you go to see the sea lions, you will surely hear them before you see them. This is becasue they are extremly territorial and what you are hearing are their warning barks.
5. Another island of the Galapagos that you can go and visit is the island of Genovesa. This island is relativly small. Which has a collapsed volcano in the middle of it. This island is an oasis for birds, which you would go to see. "Tower attracts an enormous number of pelagic seabirds that come there to nest. Great frigatebirds, red-footed boobies, swallow-tailed gulls and storm petrels all breed here by the thousands." Although these birds are an amazing sight to see, you better book you excursion quickly, because of conservation atempts.
6. When your in the island of Genovesa, go and visit the Prince Philips Steps. In order to get to these steps, you first start by taking a panga ride along the rocky cliff edges. These steps are named after Prince Philip who visited the island in the sixties. Once at the top of the steps, the terrain becomes flat and abundent with birds. "At the top of the steps the trail becomes relatively flat and bird life abounds." If you visit during the right time of the year, you could possibly see thousands of birds nesting.
7. While in the Galapagos, you can try visiting the largest island called Isabella. This island was made by the connection of six volcanos. The island is shaped like a seahorse. When your on this island, you can visit the six different volcanos which are frequently active. You can also see the abundence of tortoises and different vegetation. "Isabela's large size and notable topography created barriers for the slow moving tortoises; apparently the creatures were unable to cross lava flows and other obstacles, causing several different sub-species of tortoise to develop." Although this island is farly young; forming about one million years ago, it has very different vegitation. The new soil and lava feilds do not have much nutrients in them, so there are different fauna and flora from the other islands.
http://www.galapagosonline.com/Islands/Galapagos_Islands.htm
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