One of the other big highlights of the Galapagos Islands was seeing the Waved Albatross. It was entertaining to watch it try to land with its seven foot long wingspan. It took a couple of tries for it to slow down enough to get a safe landing without hurting itself.
Another highlight of seeing the Waved Albatross was watching it do it's mating dance which was extremely loud with lots clicking and clacking. Because it was August there was over fifteen albatross nesting in a clearing. Like the Blue Footed Booby the albatross didn't seem to notice or care about all the people that were walking by the nesting sight.
A few years ago the albatross were having big problems with tourism. From 1995 to 2013, the tourist rate has gone from 50,000 people per year to 160,000. So it was decided that each tourist group would have a different route through the Galapagos islands so that there would't be too many people on one island at a time. Ever since this rule was enforced the amount of wild life including the albatross on Galapagos Islands has increased.
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