Isla Malpelo Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Colombian island
About Isla Malpelo
The only inhabitants on the island is the staff of a military outpost. The island has been known about by Europeans since at least 1530. It’s unlikely that humans have ever inhabited it. Extremely rugged, to say the least. Part of a solitary volcanic submarine ridge, Malpelo island looks like just another barren rock. Bird guano deposits, however, allow algae, lichens, mosses, shrubs and ferns grow on and around it. The waters around the island are fantastic for shark diving. You may see swarms of hundreds of hammerhead and silky sharks and even the threatened smalltooth sand tiger. Tropical, though “barren spit of rock” isn’t usually what the term conjures up.
Isla Malpelo Travel Guide Sections
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