Española Island
Espanola Island, also known as Hood Island, is the archipelago's southernmost island and one of its most popular owing to the magnificent variety and overwhelming abundance of fauna that welcome tourist. It is believed that Espanola Islands is one of the most beautiful islands that is not to be missed when you visit Ecuador. It is located in the archipelago's far southeast and, together with Santa Fe, is one of the oldest, dating back around four million years. Gardner Bay in the island's eastern outskirts and Punta Suarez on the island's western extremity are both popular tourist destinations.
Gardener Bay is a famous tourist destination for swimming and snorkeling. Its unique white sand beach is the ideal cushiony ground to rest your weight on while thoroughly resting your mind and body. It is also a sea-lion colony, and if you visit between October and December, you may see Green Sea turtles offshore.
Punta Suarez has a beautiful assortment of animals that is well worth investigating because it is arguably the greatest tourist destination in the Galapagos Islands. The 2 km long trail is home to beautiful sea-lions at play, Espanola Lava lizards, a plethora of colorful sea-birds such as the Galapagos Hawk, Galapagos Dove, Hood Mockingbird, large-billed Flycatcher, Large-cactus Finch, Swallow-Tailed Gull, American Oystercatchers, Red-Billed Tropicbirds, and a large number of huge marine Iguanas Fur Seals and Franklin's gulls are also occasionally observed on this isle.
