San Cristobal Island`s Visitor Sites

1) Interpretation Center & Tijeretas Hill, 2) Cerro Colorado Tortoise Reserve, 3) Cerro Brujo, 4) Punta Pitt & Islet.

San Cristobal Island´s location

Located on the east of the archipelago, which means it is the farthest of the hot spot of all, about 200 kilometers away from it with no volcanic activity.

San Cristobal Island´s capital

This island is the capital of the archipelago, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, with a population of about 7 thousand people. Human development started on the early 1832, firstly on the highlands on a sugar production settlement.

San Cristobal Island´s animals species

1) Red Footed Booby. 2) Sea Lion. 3) Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Buccaneer's Cove & Espumilla Beach-Santiago Island | Visitor Sites

Buccaneer's Cove & Espumilla Beach

This is an amazing location featuring the remains of an eroded shoreline that is home to seabirds, fur seals, and playful sea lions. Its different shapes have been made throughout and erosion process of the salty waves and wind. Espumilla beach is a white-sandy front located in James Bay very popular among visitors.

Espumilla is a typical Ecuadorian dessert made of fruit and eggs which consistency is very similar to a foamy dessert which can also describe the foamy waves of this site. There are mangroves and a small palo santo forest that lead to salty lagoons that are home to wading birds such as flamingoes.

In the upper dunes, marine turtles nest can be also observed. The clear waters are a great place to snorkel to see assorted fish and rays.

Espumilla Beach at Santiago Island, Galapagos Island: A couple of travelers walking at the beach, and a Galapagos Hawk flying around Espumilla Beach

Disembarking: Wet.
Type of Terrain: Sandy.
Difficulty: Low.
Activities: 1 hour hike / 45 min beach snorkeling.
Highlights: Volcanic black beach and wonderful landscapes, fur seal grottos, sea lion colonies, herons, hawks, oystercatchers, finches, doves, white-tipped sharks, sea turtles. We will be able to see the vegetation from arid to humid climate zones, but they have been seriously affected by intensive foraging by introduced goats, now eradicated. The surrounding area is a prime place for spotting and observing hunting herons-namely Great Blue Herons, Yellow-crowned Night Herons, and Lava Herons- as well as oystercatchers. Visitors will enjoy the sight of marine iguanas grazing upon algae beds at low tide, sharing space with the crimps on red Sally light-foot crabs and other wading birds.