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Galapagos

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Galapagos Islands

WESTERN ISLANDS

BARTOLOME

One of the most popular islands.
Point of Interest: Pinnacle Rock and the sweeping panoramic views of Sullivan Bay from a nearby hilltop.
Beautiful white beaches and great places for snorkeling.
Animals: Penguins, turtles (Jan-Mar), lava lizards, and white stripped reef sharks.

SANTIAGO

Famous for its seaward caves which shelter Galapagos fur-seals, its dramatic coastline and its lava flows are polished by the sea.
Point of Interest: Puerto Egas, the only settlement.
Great place for snorkeling.

RABIDA

A small but beautiful island.
Its shores have a stunning contrast between the red-tinted sand of its beaches and the vivid green of its mangroves.
Many people's favorite snorkeling site.
Animals: Sea-lions, blue footed boobies, pelicans.

ISABELA

Largest island in the archipelago (sea-horse shape).
You could find several volcanoes rearing up from the ocean.
Point of Interest: the old buccaneer and whalers' cove of Tagus Cove.
The visitor center at Puerto Villamil houses a tortoise rearing project.
Animals: Giant tortoises, penguins, large marine iguanas, flamingos, and flightless cormorants

FERNANDINA

Here you can observe the lava flows from recent eruptions. (last May 2005)
Animals: flightless cormorant and the biggest marine iguanas.

EASTERN ISLANDS

NORTH SEYMOUR

It is the bird kingdom.
Visitors path takes you right past them, where every square inch of land and trees are inhabited by parents and chicks or courting couples.
Animals: Frigate birds, blue-footed boobies, marine iguanas, sea lions.

SANTA CRUZ

Most populous island in the archipelago.
Charles Darwin Research Center at Puerto Ayora.
Highlands with endemic vegetation.
Points of Interest: Tortuga Bay and Bachas beaches, sightseeing points for Black Turtle and Dragon Hill, and lava tubes.
Animals: large colonies of Giant Galapagos tortoises, which can be visited in the wild.

SANTA FE

The flattest island of the archipelago.
Good view of the giant Opuntia (or Prickly Pear) forest.
Animals: Galapagos hawks, various species of finches, sea-lions, turtles, and endemic sub-species of land iguanas.

SAN CRISTOBAL

The island’s main town Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the administrative capital of Galapagos.
Points of Interest: Pitt Point, the haunting Kicker Point, the Junco lagoon.
Great place for snorkeling.
Animals: three types of boobies (blue-, and red-footed, masked), giant tortoises.

FLOREANA

One of the most famous islands due to the mysterious murders that took place there in 1930s.
Post Office with its famous post barrel.
Floreana includes many species of endemic vegetation such as the only flowering mangroves in the world.
Great place for snorkeling.
Animals: flamingos, sea lions.

ESPAÑOLA

Stunning landscape include white-sand beaches and rocky outcrops.
Points of Interest: Blow-hole and Suarez Point.
Animals: colonies of waved albatross, largest colony of blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos, masked boobies, marine iguanas cactus finch, marine bird life and Galapagos doves.