Isla Floreana

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.