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Cormorant Point Highlights:
Floreana Island was once the penal colony for Ecuador, the first capital of the Galapagos and where Charles Darwin met the viceroy of
Galapagos. Your excursion options include a medium-intensity wet landing at Cormorant Point (or Punta Cormorant), where you may
see two plant species found on at this particular site, as well as flamingos, stilts, and white-cheeked pintail ducks. Or try
advanced snorkeling in Devil's Crown Volcanic Cone to spy grunts, groupers, chubs, spotted eagle rays , white-tipped reef sharks, sea
stars, parrotfish, and rainbow wrasse.
Baroness Outlook Highlights:
Baroness Outlook lends a little mystery to Floreana Island as the spot where a self-proclaimed Baroness, who inexplicably disappeared
with her lovers in the 1930's, kept watch for incoming ships. Champion, a small satellite island off Floreana, is one of the very
few that hold a Floreana mocking-bird population. Afternoon excursions include advanced snorkeling at Champion Island and a
low-intensity Zodiac ride for wildlife observation with let landing as Baroness Outlook. When the stars come out, join us for an
alfresco dinner and stargazing with the bridge officers.
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