Today, our guests explored Santiago Island, the same island where Charles Darwin spent much of his time during his visit to the Galápagos in 1835. Darwin, along with several crewmembers from HMS Beagle, camped on Santiago for a week. During his stay, he studied the Galápagos marine and land iguanas, and collected a variety of species, including finches, mockingbirds, insects, and plants. Many of these species were unique to the islands. While on Santiago, Darwin also observed that the local wildlife appeared unusually unafraid of humans.