UNTOUCHED ISLANDS & ENDEMIC WILDLIFE: CALIFORNIA’S CHANNEL ISLANDS WHEN YOU LOOK AT CALIFORNIA THROUGH AN EXPLORER’S lens, there’s so much to discover; an exciting prospect for ‘Left Coast’ lovers. Five islands spanning from Santa Barbara to L.A.’s San Pedro neighborhood, the Channel Islands are the best kept secret in the National Park system– of 2,000 species of plants and animals, 145 are endemic. Now, the swath of ocean that has kept these remote islands protected, is effortlessly traversed aboard our small expedition ships.
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