Española Island

Galápagos Islands · Ecuador

Española Island, Ecuador
Photo: labeled by Storpilot, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to December, when the waved albatross colony is present
Coordinates
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The southernmost Galápagos island and the only nesting site on Earth for the waved albatross, which performs elaborate courtship dances between April and December. Punta Suárez concentrates blowholes, marine iguanas with reddish coloring, and cliffside seabird colonies along a single trail.

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