点评:We booked our daytrip to Espanola through Islanders Galapagos and it was easy. The small yacht used was comfortable and the food (breakfast and lunch) was plentiful and good. Because we had just come from the Samba, we knew our wetsuit and fin sizes . I emailed Emilee (she owns the company with her husband) and she kindly dropped off our gear for us in numbered bags at our hotel at 5 pm the day before our cruise. My daughter needed a slightly smaller wetsuit and so we emailed Emilee and she had another wetsuit ready for us in the morning. We met at 5:50 am and got back about 5 pm in the afternoon. It was a 3 hour navigation each way with a 1 hour snorkel and a 2 hour hike on Espanola. The naturalist guide, Karen, was good. However, Espanola itself was a bit underwhelming. I had probably unreasonable and uninformed expectations about the Waved Albatross (and after seeing all that we saw on the Samba, felt a bit of a letdown). We indeed saw the albatross but not in abundance, and it was super-duper hot and humid on the island. And the courtship dance happened in April/May; now the Waved Albatross are sitting on their nests. We did see some subspecies of marine iguanas in green and red colors which was kind of cool. In hindsight, we probably should have gone to Kicker Rock instead; only a 1 hour navigation each way and more snorkeling. All that being said, Islanders Galapagos itself was a pleasure to deal with and I would highly recommend them. If only our schedule allowed us to go to Kicker Rock with them...
翻译:我们通过加拉帕戈斯岛民预订了去埃斯帕诺拉的一日游,这很容易。使用的小游艇很舒适,食物(早餐和午餐)又丰富又美味。因为我们刚从桑巴舞回来,所以我们知道我们的潜水衣和脚蹼的尺寸。我给 Emilee(她和她丈夫共同拥有这家公司)发了电子邮件,她在我们巡游的前一天下午 5 点将我们的装备装在有编号的袋子里送到了我们的酒店。我女儿需要一件稍小的潜水服,所以我们给艾米莉发了电子邮件,她早上为我们准备了另一件潜水服。我们早上5点50分见面,下午5点左右回来。单程航行 3 小时,浮潜 1 小时,埃斯帕诺拉 (Espanola) 徒步 2 小时。博物学家凯伦(Karen)很好。然而,埃斯帕诺拉本身却有点平淡。我可能对挥手信天翁抱有不合理和无知的期望(在看到我们在桑巴舞上看到的一切之后,感到有点失望)。我们确实看到了信天翁,但数量不多,而且岛上非常炎热和潮湿。求爱舞蹈发生在四月/五月;现在,波浪信天翁正坐在它们的巢上。我们确实看到了一些绿色和红色的海鬣蜥亚种,这有点酷。事后看来,我们可能应该去 Kicker Rock 看看。单程仅需 1 小时的航行时间,还有更多的浮潜时间。话虽如此,与加拉帕戈斯岛民打交道本身就很愉快,我强烈推荐他们。如果我们的日程允许我们和他们一起去 Kicker Rock 就好了……