Espanola Island

This ancient island is estimated to be about 3.5 million years old and the most southerly of the Galapagos Islands. Espanola is the place to come to see the Waved Albatross – one of only the only places in the world where you can see these magnificent birds nesting. Eggs are laid from April to June and incubated for two months. By January, the chicks take flight and spend the next six years out to sea before returning in April to find a mate and repeat the cycle of life.