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

Punta Vicente Roca: Marine Life & Snorkeling in Isabela

Punta Vicente Roca- Isabela Island

Vicente Roca Point has great deep-water snorkeling at one of the richest marine havens on Earth (Bolivar Channel). We take a dinghy ride along the coast to observe a great diversity of sea and coastal birds; Nazca and blue-footed boobies, noddies, brown pelicans, penguins, flightless cormorants. The upwelling of coldwater currents in this part of the Galapagos gives rise to an abundance of marine life.

Punta carrion Galapagos Island: Coral Yacht in Punta Vicente Rock and a Galapagos penguin

Disembarking: None.
Type of Terrain: None.
Difficulty: Medium / High.
Activities: 25 min glass-bottom boat / 30 min deep snorkeling / 1-hour dinghy ride.
Highlights: Nesting area for sea turtles, rays & sea birds. One of the richest marine havens, seabirds, marine turtles, sunfish, rays, etc.