Galapagos Islands Cruise on Silver Origin from San Cristobal (Galapagos)

San Cristobal (Galapagos)

San Cristobal is the most eastern island in the Galapagos. We can find We can find many native bird life and vegetation. One of the main tourist activities, is ecotourism, tourism in touch with nature.

Roca Leon Dormido

Bartholomew, San Salvador (Galapagos)

Just off Isla San Salvador´s Sullivan Bay coast, the tiny islet of Isla Bartolome is among the younger of the Galapagos Islands. With a total land area of just 1.2 sq km, this island offers some of the most beautiful landscapes in the archipelago. One of the most famous landmarks in the Galapagos can also be found on this island, Pinnacle Rock, which is among the most frequently photographed vistas of this volcanic island chain. This island is one of the few that is home to the Galapagos penguin which is the only wild penguin species to live on the equator. The green turtle is another animal that resides on the island.

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Punta Vicente Roca (Isabela island)

On the northeast extreme of the Island of Isabella we find Punta Vicente Roca, an amazing area that offers a beautiful landscape of cliffd, thousands of native birds and generous marine life.

Bolivar Canal (Galápagos)

Punta Espinoza (Fernandina island)

Punta Espinoza is located in the Island of Fernandina, the youngest of the Galapagos Archipelago and the most volcanic. It has a mixture of aridity with green wild life. As it has no mammals, Fernandina has a unique enviroment with the highest density of marine iguanas, sea lions that share their habitat with crabs and falcons.

Caleta Tagus, Isabela, Galapagos

Caleta Tagus, Isabela Island is the largest island of the Galapagos with an area of 1,790 sq mi, and length of 62 mi almost four times larger than Santa Cruz, the second largest of the archipelago. It was named after Queen Isabella of Spain. It was originally named Albemarle after the Duke of Albemarle. The island strides the equator. The third-largest human settlement of the archipelago, Puerto Villamil, is located at the south-eastern tip of the island. Other popular attractions include El Muro de las Lagrimas (a wall built by prisoners when the island was a penal colony) and the Flamingo Lagoon (with occasional pink visitors). Both are in the south of the island.

Elizabeth Bay

Elizabeth Bay is formed by the union of the volcanoes Sierra Negra and Alcedo, the second biggest and most active volcano in the world. Located on the east coast of Isabela Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, has a elevated number of colourful mangroves, which contrasts with the lava. In the island you can watch sea lions, turtles and around the isles the cormorants, penguins, marine iguanas, blue footed bobbies and seagulls.

Post Office Bay (Floreana) Galapagos

Floreana Island was the first inhabited island and has an exciting human history. It includes the mysterious deaths of several inhabitants that have never been solved. There are fresh water wells as this area was used by the early settlers who found refuge in the caves nearby. It is also home to the endemic medium tree finch that only exists on this island. Pink flamingos and green sea turtles nest on this island (December to May). The Galapagos storm petrel is also found here, a sea bird that spends most of its life away from land. At Post Office Bay, since the 18th century whalers kept a wooden barrel that served as post office so that mail could be picked up and delivered to their destination. Tourists can leave their post cards in the barrel and take any addressed to someone in their home towns back home to pass on.

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Cormorant Point (Floreana)

Is one of the islands with the most interesting history of mankind and one of the first to be inhabited. Flamingos and turtles (from december to may) can be seen in the island. The Galapagos petrel can be found here, a species that remains most part of it's life far away from the land.

Los Gemelos (Santa Cruz)

In the island of Santa Cruz, the second largest island in the Galapago islands, there are two big holes formed by the collapse of a magma chamber, located in the highlands: Los Gemelos, or "The Twins".

Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz)

It is a city in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Located in the Island of Santa Cruz it has the most advanced facilities of the archipelago. puerto Ayora has a privileged location, through the shores of the Bay. During the mayor part of the year, it has a fresh breeze that gives the city a warm temperature (december to may), and it makes Puerto Ayora in the Island of Santa Cruz a tropical paradise. The bay is a good place to observe pelicans, marine iguanas, herons, sea lions, and a large number of blue-footed boobies.

Cerro Dragon (Santa Cruz Island)

Cerro Dragon on the northeast coast of the Island of Santa Cruz, has two lagoons where flamigos and land iguanas (Conolophus subcristatus) can be seen. The vegetation includes Palo Santo trees and Optunia Cactus.

Guy Fawkes Island (Ecuador)

Bowditch, Santa Cruz (Galápagos)

San Cristobal (Galapagos)

San Cristobal is the most eastern island in the Galapagos. We can find We can find many native bird life and vegetation. One of the main tourist activities, is ecotourism, tourism in touch with nature.