Genovesa Island
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Year-round; seabird activity is constant, with calmer seas December to May
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A collapsed caldera in the remote northeast of the archipelago, nicknamed Bird Island for its enormous colonies of red-footed boobies, frigatebirds, and storm petrels. Cruises anchor inside Darwin Bay, where a coral beach trail and the Prince Philip's Steps cliff walk offer close encounters at nesting sites.