Gorgona Island
Good to know
- Best time to go
- July to October for whales, year-round for diving
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A former island prison turned national park 35 kilometers off the Pacific coast, now overrun by monkeys, endemic blue lizards, and nesting turtles. Divers come for hammerheads and whale sharks, and the ruins of the penitentiary are slowly being swallowed by jungle.