Isla Espanola today, the southern most island in the Galapagos group and the place where we hope to see Albatrosses, and a new variety of marine Iguana.

We landed this morning at Pueto Suarez on the western side of the island and walked for a couple of hours along the coast. The new variety of Iguana was in abundance and quite striking with their red/pink and some times green coloring. Towards the middle of the walk we came across our first Albatross chicks; surprisingly large birds. Thereafter we saw many of them scattered across the rocky landscape and also a few adults flying overhead. On the way back to the beach we got a lucky break when we came across three adults, a male and two females going through a courtship dance.

Before lunch we moved to Gardner Bay on the northern side of the island. The afternoon was given over to a bit more snorkeling and a walk along the beach of Gardner Bay.