Carol Spears, a spokeswoman for the park, agreed, adding that visitors have a chance to see an unusual and beautiful place. Here you have completely undisturbed islands so near an area with thousands of people. On the boat back to the mainland, those two sides of this national treasure were aptly summed up. A middle-aged man from Santa Barbara who had spent two days camping near us talked of what the Channel Islands offer. The boat trips range from an hour to Anacapa to five hours to San Miguel.
Camping is permitted on all the park's islands.