Champion Islet

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Champion Islet

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Site Location

Floreana Island

Activity Level

Easy

Duration

2 hours

SITE OVERVIEW

Champion Islet, named after the whaler Andrew Champion, is a small island located just off the coast of Floreana Island. This tiny island contains a number of exotic species like penguins, blue-footed boobies, pintail ducks, and frigate birds. While on your zodiac cruise keep a careful eye for the rare and endangered Floreana mockingbird, with less than one hundred left on the island. One of the highlights is the spectacular snorkeling, where you can potential find Galapagos sharks, whales, hammerheads, moray eels and many more.

Destination Floreana Island
Activities • Kayaking
• Snorkeling
Inhabitants No
Type of Landing No landing
Tours Allowed Island Hopping or cruise ship

LOCATION

FAUNA

Blue footed booby Sula nebouxii - ES
Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis - ES
Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus - N
Galapagos green turtle Chelonia_mydas_agassizii - ES
Sally lightfoot crab Grapsus grapsus - N
Galapagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki - E
Galapagos shark Carcharhinus galapagensis - E
Floreana mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus
King angelfish Holacanthus passer -N
Razor surgeonfish Prionurus laticlavius -N
Nazca booby Sula granti
Mexican hogfish Bodianus diplotaenia - N
Hieroglyphic hawkfish Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes -N
Eagle ray Aetobatus ocellatus - N
Golden cowray Rhinoptera steindachneri - N
Marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus - E
Brown noddy Anous stolidus galapagensis - ES

FLORA

Saltbush Cryptocarpus pyriformis - N
Needle leafed daisy Macraea laricifolia - E
Palo santo Bursera_graveolens - N
Palo verde Parkinsonia aculeata - N
Parkinsonia Parkinsonia aculeata - N
Spiny Bush Scutia spicata var. pauciflora - E
Brown algae Sargassum galapagense - E

SITE GALLERY

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