Genovesa's caldera has partly collapsed into the sea, forming Darwin Bay, a natural amphitheatre of cliffs packed with seabirds. It sits too far north for most short cruises, so it tends to reward those on longer itineraries.
A wet landing beside a tidal lagoon thick with marine birds, with a trail leading on to a clifftop viewpoint over the bay.
A steep climb up the cliff face to a plateau where you can walk right past nesting red-footed and Nazca boobies without disturbing them.
The smallest of the three booby species and, unusually, a tree-nester, easiest to see well on Genovesa of all the islands.
Enormous numbers nest in the cliffside rocks, hunted by short-eared owls that have adapted to hunt in daylight here.
Quito's old town, then four fast-paced days among the islands.
Cloudforest birdlife in the Andes, then a cruise through the islands.
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