Darwin Bay (Trail) on Genovesa Island, Galapagos
Nesting Green and Red-footed boobies and many new chicks! Also magnificent mating frigate birds.
Music: Three Little Birds by Bob Marley & the Wailers
Birds in Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, Galapagos
Darwin Bay in Genovesa Island, Galapagos, nesting place for numerous and varied bird species. There is an impressive abundance of Frigatebirds, Nazca and Red-footed Boobies, Swallow-Tailed Gull, Finches, and Mockingbirds, among other bird species.
Charles Darwin Station Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
Charles Darwin Station Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
Galapagos - Genovesa
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Galapagos - Genovesa
Adventure in the Galapagos - Genovesa (part 2 of 7)
Walking in the beautiful inlet. Galapagos Islands, Genovesa,
Walking in the beautiful inlet. Galapagos Islands, Genovesa, Tower Island.
Deirdre photographing, Edwin gives Lady Katharine an Arrrgh!, sea lion scratching his ear.
Genovesa Island - Galapagos
Tower (Genovesa) is a low volcano barely breaking the surface of the ocean. Through the thick mist that often surrounds the island, in fact, the land is sometimes completely obscured to arriving seafarers until they almost reach it. Ships sail directly into its large breached caldera to anchor at the foot of the steep crater walls.
The dramatic variety of birds on Tower makes it a bird-watchers paradise. The island attracts vast numbers of pelagic seabirds who come here to nest. Great frigate birds, red-footed boobies, swallow-tailed gulls and storm petrels all breed here by the thousands. A trail leads from a coral beach past tidal lagoons where lava gulls and yellow-crowned night herons gather, then along the low shrubs populated by frigates and boobies, and eventually to a cliff edge where seabirds soar. A second trail leads to an open area for masked boobies, more frigates, and red-footed boobies. At the end of the trail, thousands of band-rumped storm petrels flutter at the cliff's edge, where they nest in crevices.
Exploring the Galapagos onboard the Grand Queen Beatriz
In the remote Galapagos Islands, far from anywhere else, you'd think the accommodation would be pretty basic. Not so on the Grand Queen Beatriz, Peregrine’s luxurious new Galapagos boat. In this video, one traveller takes us on a walkthrough of the boat, from the cabins to the bar and dining areas and the jacuzzi up on deck. She reflects on daily life on a Galapagos cruise, explains the dynamic of travelling in a small group, and describes the unforgettable feeling of getting up close to the rare wildlife of the Galapagos. Ready to join us onboard?
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Daphne Major and Minor Circumnavigation, Galapagos
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Daphne Major and Minor is two small islands just north of Santa Cruz Island in the archipelago Colon, commonly known as the Galápagos Islands. It consists of a tuff crater, devoid of trees, whose rim rises 120 metres above the sea. An intensive study of Darwin's Finches was conducted here by biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant over a period of 20 years. These two small islands provide visitors with their first panoramic view of the archipelago after landing in the airport at Baltra. Since visitation on the Daphne Major is limited to one scientific group per month, a measure enforced by the Galápagos National Park Service to prevent erosion, passengers with the opportunity to disembark there should consider themselves lucky to be among the select company that have passed across the island's impressive slopes. It is clear from the beginning of the visit-a landing that requires leaping from the moving dinghy onto a vertical cliff face and clambering up the rocks to the head of the steep, rocky trail-that a trip to Daphne Major is a special experience.
Daphne Minor is fairly eroded and not accessible to tourists, although the surrounding waters are very popular dive site. The underwater geology of Daphne is very interesting, with recesses and steep cliffs, and the possibility of seeing sharks (white-tipped, Galápagos, and occasionally hammerheads), sea turtles, or rays is high
Sullivan Bay, Galapagos, Ecuador
Snorkeling & Climb up Prince Philip's Steps- Genovesa Island, Galapagos
Manta Ray, lots of fish, and a White-tipped Galapagos shark…I’d say this hour was a success!
Prince Philip’s Steps is an extraordinary steep path that leads through a seabird colony full of life, up to cliffs that are 25 metres (82 feet) high.
Music:
Catch & Release (Deepend Remix) by Matt Simons
Darwin Beach Genovesa Island Galapagos
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS TOURISM - Darwin theory mistake
The Galapagos Islands are part of the state of Ecuador, South America. And, it was a territory of the islands are inhabited, although Galapagos itself has been designated as a nature reserve in 1959. Thus, these islands can be used as a tourist destination. There are five inhabited islands in the archipelago, namely Baltra, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal and Santa Cruz.
This place is very famous for its biodiversity in it. Islands located in the Pacific Ocean does have some unique animals or endemic species that can not be found elsewhere. However, the total area of the island, 97.5 percent of which is used for the protection of animals endemic. The animals are well-known here include the Galapagos tortoises, marine iguanas and Galapagos land iguana and others. And, as an island nation, Galapagos also overlooks the beach and the exotic sea.
Abundant wildlife above and below the waves attract eco-tourists to Ecuador Galapagos. Get close to the road or in the Zodiac boat. Snorkeling and diving with the inhabitants of the deep, from sea lions to sea turtles at Santiago's Cousin Rock. Climbing by finches, flamingos and iguanas along the Darwin Trail. Admire Sierra Negra Volcano on Isabela. As the number of visitors is limited within the islands' National Park, book your boat tour through a tour operator. Visit January through April for the best snorkeling.
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Charles Darwin University's Galapagos Islands Field Intensive (GIFI) 2018
In November 2018 students and staff from CDU's Environmental Science went to the Galapagos Islands to learn about the fight against invasive species, and to get hands on experience into life on one of the planet's most unique ecosystems.
Thanks to Veronica Toral-Granda, Professor Keith Christian, Professor Jenny Davis, Emma Ridley, Charles Darwin Foundation, Reina Silvia
Filmed & Edited by Dan Hartney
Innovative Media Production Studio
Charles Darwin University © 2018
Music track “Un Mojón En La Marea”
by Iguanamen
Galapagos Islands Cruise on Darwin Ship 2016
Our trip to the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos: Isabela Island's Giant Tortoise Breeding Center and Lagoons
From Puerto Villamil we visit the local site Tortoise Breeding Center. By Taxi we drove to the site, where you can see a lot of examples of the different tortoises up close.
Later we returned to Puerto Villamil via a nature-trail. Following the pathway you’ll pass by a series of salt-water lagoons bordered by mangroves and a lot of birds like Flamingos.
El Barranco en la Isla Genovesa de Galápagos
El sitio denominado El Barranco constituye una magnífica meseta para observación de aves, especialmente los piqueros enmascarados y de patas rojas.
Encontramos un bosque de Palo Santo
Galapagos - M/S Beagle cruise North-West DAY 2
M/S Beagle (North-West 8-day cruise) DAY 2 Itinerary:
Genovesa Island. After a dry landing and climbing up the fairly steep Prince Philip's Steps that take us onto a lava rock trail leading us through Palo Santo (incense trees) forest full of nesting birds. Immediately we see Nazca and Red-footed boobies, Great and Magnificent Frigatebirds with the male's red throat pouch inflating into large red balloons for courtship displays.
Snorkeling follows with playing with sea lions, some spotting of Moorish Idols and a large Sting Ray, and some impressive adolescent Pompano fish with long streaming fins. After lunch we go along the cliff sides and run into a school of small manta rays then land in the beach area of Darwin Bay where we spot sanderlings, frigate birds, red-footed boobies, Nazca boobies, flycatchers, swallow-tailed gulls, yellow-crowned heron, storm petrels and Darwin finches around this bay, formed from a caldera collapse.
Passengers: Michelle Dolan & Andy Greaves, Beverley Neilson, Grainne Rason, Priscila & Kelvin, Carol Luck, Valentina Bonetti & Jack Stirz, Milton Apana
Naturalist Guide: Daniel Sanchez
Background music is 'Solo Acoustic' by audionautix.com.
Rabida Island, Celebrity Xpedition
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In the afternoon we sailed towards Rabida Island. The landscapes of the island are visually Stunning. It's the top of an old volcanic cone bathered in Crimson. The rocks and sand are hued brilliant red and sit amid coves of clear blue waters. After a wet landing we walked on a rocky and steep trail for about one mile.
Rabida has a salt water lagoon, where there used to be flamingos, but now the lagoon is occupied by sea lions and the flamingoes have dissapeard. we also saw Darwin's finches, Galapagos hawks, ducks, white-cheeked, sea lions, penguins and brown pelicans.
Urbina Bay, The Galápagos Islands - Ecuador, South America
In 2019 I spent 8 Days on an amazing Boat Tour Of The Galápagos Islands. Here is a selection of short video diaries of my trip. Day 5 - The day finished with a walk into the island, with the aim of seeing some land iguanas & giant tortoises in the wild. Again, we were lucky, with a couple of female tortoises who had come to the lower ground to lay their eggs. We saw a land iguana in a burrow, sheltering in a hole in the ground. Then we were rewarded with a fat, ugly, golden creature, out in a clearing. This one wasn’t going anywhere & we took time to appreciate the moment.
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