Espanola is the oldest of the main islands, and its isolation has produced species found nowhere else, most famously the waved albatross. Every visit here is by cruise, since there is nowhere to stay, which keeps its wildlife sites wonderfully uncrowded.
Espanola holds almost the entire world population, nesting from around April to December, with their courtship dance one of the great Galapagos spectacles.
A nature walk among sea lions and marine iguanas, with blue-footed and Nazca boobies, and the Espanola mockingbird, the only carnivorous mockingbird in the islands.
Seawater forced through a lava crack shoots skyward along the cliffs at Punta Suarez, one of the most photographed spots in the archipelago.
A beautiful arc of white sand where sea lions doze in the shallows and the swimming is some of the best in the islands.
The Inca citadel paired with a full week cruising the islands.
A working Andean hacienda, then five nights afloat aboard Eco Galaxy.
A highland camp then a short cruise, six islands in six days.
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