Jour 1: City tour + Moitie du Monde.

Nous allons découvrir cette charmante ville et ses secrets, en parcourant la section moderne de Quito, et après, vers le quartier historique de la ville. Visite du monastère de ‘San Agustin’, avec son impressionnant, ‘Sala capitulaire’. Continuez, à travers la Place de l’Indépendance, ou se trouve le palais présidentiel, la cathédrale, et l’Hôtel de Ville. En suite, admirez l’église de ‘Sagrario’, et, la façade de l’Église de la Compañía. Visite du monastère de ‘San Francisco’, construit sur les ruines d’un palais Inca. Montez la route vers le sommet de la colline ‘Panecillo’, pour une vue unique de Quito. Route, vers le sanctuaire de ‘Guapulo’, située sur la route prise par Francisco de Orellana, ayant découvert et nommé le fleuve ‘Amazone’.

Après un court trajet de 30 minutes au Nord de Quito, l’environnement devient semi-aride, à l’ombre de la Cordillère des Andes. Le monument ‘Moitié du Monde’ se dresse fièrement comme un hommage aux scientifiques français qui ont fait l’histoire, en déterminant la forme de la terre. Vous pouvez prendre une photo avec un pied sur l’hémisphère Nord et l’autre au Sud. Vous pourrez également, visiter le musée ‘Intinan’ où vous observerez la façon colorée de la vie des différents groupes ethniques de l’Equateur et vous ferez l’expérience de la différence de la vie dans le Nord et celle du Sud (comme, observer l’évacuation différente de l’eau par deux siphons séparés de quelques centimètres par la ligne imaginaire de l’équateur, où équilibrer un œuf sur un clou, où, en utilisant un ancien cadran solaire, etc.).

Jour 2: Otavalo

Otavalo est un marché très connu, en Equateur et dans le monde entier, grâce à son artisanat exceptionnel et ses beaux vêtements.

En partant de Quito, vers le Nord, via Cayambe, vous pourrez observer le Volcan ‘Cayambe’, par climat favorable. Une petite pause au bord du lac ‘San Pablo’ pour continuer vers ‘Otavalo’. Visite du marché, et, temps libre, pour faire des affaires avec les indiens. Après le repas, vous continuerez votre trajet jusqu’à ‘Cotacachi’ (connue pour son artisanat en cuir), où, vous prendrez les dernières photos de la journée avant de retourner à Quito.

Jour 3: Parc National Cotopaxi

Tôt le matin, en partant de Quito, vous traverserez “l’Avenue des Volcans”, pour arriver au Parc National Cotopaxi. Visitez le Parc National du Cotopaxi et ses alentours. Si le temps est favorable, l’ascension du volcan jusqu’au refuge, juste en dessous des glaciers, est possible. (4.700 m). Dans l’après-midi, nous allons profiter d’un déjeuner local et d’autres activités comme faire du cheval ou faire des randonnées dans la région. Logement dans une hacienda.

Jour 4: Baños

Tôt le matin départ vers Baños. Excursion en Chiva (bus ouvert, typique de la côte) pour profiter des différentes cascades que vous allez rencontrer au cours du parcours, pour terminer par la Cascade “Chaudron du Diable”, qui est l’une des 10 plus belles chutes d’eau au monde. Repas et après-midi libre pour découvrir ‘Banos’. Nuit à Baños.

Jours 5 : Baños – Riobamba

Le matin, le temps pour profiter des eaux thermales de Baños et du SPA naturel de l’
hôtel. Après le déjeuner, départ vers Riobamba à travers les landes où la faune, par chance, les vigognes andines peuvent être repérées. Arrivée à Riobamba, visite panoramique de la ville.
Nuit à Riobamba

Jour 6 : Riobamba – Train des Andes – Cuenca

Tôt le matin, nous prendrons le train ‘Trans-Andes’, vers Alausi, via, le “nez du diable» pour profiter d’une vue à couper le souffle. Nous allons monter à bord du ‘train des Andes’ réhabilité, connu pour son ingénierie complexe, rendu célèbre au siècle dernier comme “Le chemin de fer le plus difficile jamais construit”. Notre voyage traverse un point connu, le ‘nez du diable’. Beaucoup de gens sont mort en essayant de construire la voie du train passant jusqu’au sommet des montagnes andines, afin de poursuivre son voyage magique à travers les villes et villages de montagnes. Ici, nous allons avoir le temps de voir les projets locaux, que de nos jours, prennent un rôle important dans l’économie générale des personnes vivantes le long du chemin de fer. Après, vous continuerez vers Alausi et puis jusqu’à Cuenca en passant par Ingapirca (le plus important site archéologique de la période pré-Inca en Équateur).Arrivée à Cuenca. Nuit à Cuenca.

Jour 7 : Cuenca – Chordeleg – Gualaceo

Visite de la ville de Cuenca. Visite de l’usine des chapeaux ‘Panama’. Déjeuner. Dans l’après-midi, visite de la ville de la Chordeleg célèbre pour ses grands bijoux et Gualaceo, ville connue pour son artisanat. Nuit à Cuenca.

Jour 8: Cuenca

Jour libre à Cuenca pour visiter des musées ou pour se reposer avant d’aller aux Galapagos ou vers la Jungle. Nuit à Cuenca.

Jour 9 : Cuenca – Parc National Cajas – Guayaquil

Départ vers Guayaquil en passant pour le « Parc National Cajas », situé à trente minutes, en voiture, de Cuenca. Ici vous trouverez un réseau, d’environ 200 lacs qui forment, aujourd’hui, une vaste zone de loisirs, à une altitude moyenne de 3000 m. Les petites rivières relient la série des lacs et celles-ci finissent par se jeter dans le Pacifique et l’océan Atlantique. Après une courte visite vous allez continuer vers Guayaquil

Jour 10: Galapagos ou Jungle Amazonie

Transfert à l’aéroport pour continuer votre voyage soit aux Galapagos ou vers la Jungle.
Choisissez votre croisière
Choisissez votre lodge en Amazonie

Jour 11: Galapagos ou Jungle Amazonie

Croisière aux Galapagos où Excursion dans la Jungle.

Jour 12: Galapagos ou Jungle Amazonie

Croisière aux Galapagos où Excursion dans la Jungle

Jour 13: Galapagos ou Jungle Amazonie

Croisière aux Galapagos où Excursion dans la Jungle

Jour 14: Galapagos ou Jungle Amazonie

Galapagos / Amazonie vers Quito.
Nuit à Quito.

Jour 15: Quito

Jour libre à Quito pour visités de lieux de votre intérêt personnel.

Jour 16: Départ

Fin de services. Transfert à l’aéroport.

INCLUS

    • Guide bilingue
    • Transport
    • Entrées détaillées
    • Petit déjeuner

NON INCLUS

    • Repas
    • Boissons
    • Billets pour le parc
    • Billets pour les musées

 

Map de the Galapagos Islands & Visitor Sites Fernandina Isabela Floreana Española Santa Fé San Cristobal Santa Cruz Charles Darwin Wolf Genovesa Marchena Pinta Baltra Rábida Pinzon Santiago Bartholome North Seymour Mosquera Daphne South Plaza Diseño Web Quito - Ecuador

Daphne Island

Daphne Mayor

The National Park service restricts visitors allowed to visit Daphne and it is a select few that are able to visit this special place. Visitors venture up a steep trail to the crater rim. Finches, masked boobies, short-eared owls and Galapagos martins are visible along the way. Red-billed tropicbirds nest in the cliffs near the summit. Magnificent frigatebirds build their nests in the little vegetation that occurs on the Island’s slopes and near the crater rim. Highlights: Intense bird watching opportunities including nesting blue-footed boobies, masked boobies and tropicbirds Animals: Finches, masked boobies, short-eared owls, Galapagos martins, red-billed tropicbirds, frigatebirds, blue-footed boobies, great blue herons

Santiago Island

Sullivan Bay

The Sullivan Bay lava field has a variety de interesting patterns made by the shapes and textures de trees that once existed there and hornitos caused when pockets de gas or water trapped under the lava exploded. The low-lying mollugo and the lava cactus are the only plants that have managed to take root in this harsh environment. On the shoreline black and white oystercatchers can be seen fishing for crabs and molluscs in the tide pools. Highlights: Geology and volcanology Animals: Oystercatchers, great blue herons, lava herons, lava lizards, marine iguanas, mockingbirds

Puerto Egas

Puerto Egas, with its black sand beaches, was the site de small salt mining industry in the 1960s. A hike inland to the salt crater is an excellent opportunity to sight land birds such as finches, doves, and hawks. A walk down the rugged shoreline will turn up many marine species. Iguanas bask on the rocks and sea lions laze in the tide pools. At the end de the trail there is a series de grottoes or sea caves where fur seals and night herons are found. Highlights: Salt crater; tide pools Animals: Finches, doves, hawks, iguanas, fur seals, night herons

Espumilla Beach

This large coffee-coloured sand beach is just north de the prized fresh water supply that once attracted pirates and whalers. A short walk inland will take you through a mangrove forest normally inhabited by the common stilt. Sea turtles also visit these mangroves to nest. Beyond the mangroves is a brackish lagoon where flocks de pink flamingos and white-cheeked pintails can be seen. Sea turtles often lay their eggs on Espumilla Beach. Highlights: One de the most idyllic locations in the Galapagos Islands; great place for swimming and snorkeling Animals: Common stilts, sea turtles, pink flamingos, white-cheeked pintails, Galapagos finches, vermilion fly catchers, lava lizards, mockingbirds

Buccaneer Cove

Buccaneer Cove is a testament to the fact that Santiago Island was once a refuge for British buccaneers. These pirates would anchor in the protected bay to make repairs and stock up on tortoise meat among other things. The steep cliffs, where hundreds de seabirds perch in front de the dark red sand beach, are a magnificent site. Highlights: Sea birds, historical site, snorkeling, rock formations Animals: Galápagos seahorses, octopuses, hammerheads, Galápagos sharks, green sea tortoises, eagle rays, barracudas

Fernandina Island

Espinosa Point

Punta Espinosa is a narrow stretch de land where hundreds de marine iguanas gather largely on black lava rocks. The famous flightless cormorant inhabits this island and Galápagos penguins, pelicans and sea lions are also abundant. Different types de lava flows can be compared and the mangrove forests can be observed. Highlights: Galápagos snakes, marine iguanas, lava cactus, lava Animals: Marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, Galápagos penguins, pelicans, sea lions, Galápagos snakes, great blue herons, green sea turtles, lava herons, lava lizards, Madeiran storm petrels, mockingbirds

Isabela Island

Las Tintoreras

A short distance from Puerto Villamil is the small island known as Las Tintoreras. Here a colony de white tip sharks can often be seen resting in a lava canal. You can snorkel or swim in the unique habitat de these animals. On the nearby sandy beaches, sea lions play and relax in the sun. This is one de Isabela's most beautiful visitor sites.

Highlights: Snorkeling

Animals: Sea Lions, white-tip reef sharks, marine iguanas

Tortoise Breeding Center

This center was created to protect animals in their first years de life from the threats de foreign species such as pigs and donkeys. Giant tortoise eggs are collected and brought to the center where they are hatched and kept for five years before being released to their natural environment. Highlights: Two de the five sub-species de the giant tortoise. Animals: Tortoises

Wetlands

The Wetlands de Isabela Island are located just outside de Puerto Villamil. The Wetlands consist de lagoons, swamps and mangroves and are home to a variety de unique bird species such as common stilts, whimbrels, white-cheeked pintails and gallinules. The Wetlands can be visited on foot via a path that winds through the swamps. Highlights: Giant mangroves, shore birds Animals: Common stilts, whimbrels, white-cheeked pintails, gallinules

The Wall de Tears

Between 1946 and 1959 Isabela was a penal colony, where prisoners were made build a wall with huge blocks de lava as punishment. Due to the arduous labour and harsh conditions in which the prisoners lived, this site is known as the wall de tears. A set de stairs provides a bird's eye view de the wall and the surrounding landscape. You can still see the foundations de a USA base from the Second World War. Highlights: View de the wall Animals: Lava lizards, Galápagos finches, hawks

Tagus Cove

Named after a British warship which anchored here in 1814, this cove is located to the west de the island and you can take a panga (zodiac) trip below the high cliffs. Here there is an opportunity to see penguins as well as marine iguanas, Sally Lightfoot crabs and sea lions. Blue-footed boobies are also in abundance. Highlights: Pirate graffiti on the rocks Animals: Penguins, marine iguanas, Sally Lightfoot crabs, sea lions, blue-footed boobies, green sea turtles, lava lizards, mockingbirds

Vicente Roca Point

Here the remnants de an ancient volcano form two turquoise coves with a bay well protected from the ocean swells. The spot is a popular anchorage from which to explore the cliffs, where masked and blue-footed boobies perch while flightless cormorants inhabit the shoreline. The upwelling de coldwater currents in this part de the Galápagos give rise to an abundance de marine life, which make Punta Vicente Roca one de the archipelago’s sough after dive spots. Highlights: Sheltered coves and abundant marine life Animals: Masked and blue-footed boobies, flightless cormorants, sea lions, pelicans, penguins

Urbina Bay

The waters de Urbina Bay are a good place to see turtles and rays and ashore is a short trail leading to a coral reef, which is evidence de an uplift from the sea which occurred in 1954. This provides the rare experience de walking in the middle de a bed de coral. Marine iguanas, flightless cormorants and pelicans can be seen at this site. Highlights: Walking on a bed de coral Animals: Giant tortoises, rays, marine and land iguanas, flightless cormorants, pelicans, lava lizards, mockingbirds

Sierra Negra Volcano

The Sierra Negra Volcano boasts the largest basaltic caldera in Galapagos at 9 x 10km. The site offers impressive views and the opportunity to observe up to 7 species de finch and a rich display de vegetation. The north side de the caldera provides evidence de its most recent volcanic activity in 2005 Highlights: Basaltic caldera, stunning views, finches

Floreana Island

Cormorant Point

Noted for the volcanic green olivine crystals found in the beach, Cormorant Point offers a trail overlooking a saltwater lagoon that is a favourite de flamingos. Beyond the lagoon the trail leads to a magnificent white-sand beach. Green sea turtles lay their eggs in the sands here during the night and their tracks leading to and from the sea mark the beach. Highlights: Flamingos Animals: Flamingos, green sea turtles

Devil’s Crown

Arguably the best snorkeling site in the islands, Devil's Crown is a collapsed volcanic cone that boasts an extraordinary number and variety de fish. It is a popular roosting site for seabirds such as boobies, pelicans, and frigates. In addition, sharks, sea lions, sea turtles and eels can be found amongst the rocks and corals. Highlights: Snorkeling Animals: Boobies, pelicans, frigates, sharks, sea lions, sea turtles, eels

Post Office Bay

The best known site on Floreana is Post Office Bay, a white-sand beach where in the past sailors used to leave and receive their letters in a barrel. The tradition continues - leave your postcard in the barrel and see how long it takes to be delivered, and at the same time if there is a postcard with an address close to your home, please take it with you. Highlights: Post office barrel Animals: Sea lions, great blue herons, Madeiran storm petrels

Española Island

Suárez Point

This is one de the most outstanding wildlife areas de the archipelago, with a long list de species found along its cliffs and sand or pebble beaches. In addition to five species de nesting seabirds there are the curious and bold Española Island mockingbirds, Galápagos doves and Galápagos hawks. Several types de reptiles, including the marine iguana and the oversized lava lizard, are unique to this island. Highlights: High concentration de wildlife Animals: Española Island mockingbirds, Galápagos doves, Galápagos hawks, marine iguanas, lava lizards

Gardner Bay

Gardner Bay has a magnificent beach with turquoise waters. Around the small islets nearby, snorkellers will find lots de fish and sometimes turtles and sharks. The bay is also frequented by a transient colony de sea lions which like to swim with you. Birds, like the endemic Hood-mockingbird and different species de Darwin finches, are omnipresent. Highlights: Beach; snorkeling Animals: Madeiran storm petrels, marine iguanas, sea lions, turtles, sharks

Osborn Islet

This small island to the southeast de Española Island is a marine visit where you can enjoy fantastic snorkeling and swimming. Highlights: Snorkeling and swimming Animals: Colorful fish

San Cristobal Island

Interpretation Centre

The Galápagos National Park Interpretation Centre has a series de interactive exhibits providing information about the history and biodiversity de the Galápagos Islands. The self-guided walking tour will take you through the history de the Islands in the context de nature, humankind and conservation. Highlights:Interactive exhibits Animals:N/A

Isla Lobos (Sea Lion Island)

This small island is named after the sea lions that rest and play on its rocky shores. It is also home to blue-footed boobies, great frigate-birds, brown pelicans, lava gulls, common noddies, yellow warblers and small and medium ground finches. There is good snorkeling in the clear waters de the channel and this is one de the best sites at which to swim with sea lions underwater. Highlights: Swimming with sea lions Animals: Sea lions, boobies, frigate-birds, pelicans

León Dormido (Kicker Rock)

This small, distinctive island comprises two rocks which jut out de the ocean and is home to a large colony de sea birds. Kicker Rock is an excellent dive site where you could see many reef fish as well as hammerhead and Galápagos sharks. Sightings de large rays and turtles are common but not guaranteed. Highlights: Diving; snorkeling Animals: Boobies, reef fish, sharks

Cerro Brujo (Wizard’s Hill)

One de the first sites visited by Charles Darwin, Cerro Brujo is a beautiful white-sand beach where brown pelicans, blue-footed boobies, sea lions, and marine iguanas can all be found. An onshore version de nearby Kicker Rocks, Cerro Brujo is a very striking, eroded tuff cone. There is also fantastic snorkeling in the turquoise waters. Highlights: Snorkeling; beach Animals: Sea lions, pelicans, boobies, marine iguanas

Punta Pitt

Punta Pitt is located on the northeastern corner de San Cristóbal Island. The trail includes an olivine beach approximately 90 meters/295 feet and a trail that ascends to the top de a volcanic tuff hill passing through several natural viewpoints The walking trail is 1,400 meters/nearly one mile, with an estimated time de two hours, round trip. Punta Pitt is composed de volcanic tuff substrate. High winds present there have led to a unique form de natural erosion.. Highlights: Hiking Animals: Three species de boobies and 2 species de frigates, sea lions

La Galapaguera

At this information centre in the highlands you will learn about the giant tortoise breeding programme established by the National Park. You can see giant land tortoises living in a semi-natural habitat and also learn about their origin, evolution and the threats from introduced animals. Highlights: Giant tortoises Animals: Giant tortoises

Santa Cruz Island

Tortuga Bay

Tortuga Bay is a pristine location with a beautiful white-sand beach. It is a great place for swimming and even surfing. Tortuga Bay is also a favorite place for sea turtles (which gave the beach its name), sea lions, marine iguanas, pelicans, flamingos and lava gulls which are endemic to the Islands and are commonly found along the shore de most beaches. Highlights: Pristine white-sand beach with sea turtles Animals: Sea turtles, sea lions, marine iguanas, pelicans, flamingos, lava gulls

Highlands

The highlands are located in the northern part de the island and can reach elevations up to 1500 meters. On a journey into the higher elevations de Santa Cruz you will experience all seven different vegetation zones. The vegetation here is abundant and lush and the weather moist. Highlights: Vegetation Animals: Galápagos flycatchers, small tree-finches, woodpecker finches

Los Gemelos

Los Gemelos, Spanish for The Twins, are two volcanic depressions on the highest part de Santa Cruz. The larger de the two volcanic pits is featured here. In contrast to the dry coastal lowlands, the highlands are covered by mist in the garua (foggy) season and receive thus much more moisture and support a more luxuriant vegetation. Highlights: Luxuriant vegetation Animals: Vermillion flycatchers, woodpecker finches, short eared owls

Whale Bay

Whale Bay is the site de one de the oldest whaling camps on Santa Cruz Island. It was to here and the other similar camps that the giant tortoises were brought before being loaded onboard the whalers and pirate ships. The semicircle beach is green in color, due to a high volume de olivine crystals. The curious Galápagos hawk can also found here. Highlights: Green beach Animals: Galápagos hawks, Galápagos sea lions, marine iguanas, Darwin’s finches, yellow warblers, frigate birds, blue-footed boobies

Bachas Beach

Located on the north shore de Santa Cruz, Las Bachas is a swimming beach. One de the few remnants de the U.S. World War II presence in the Galápagos, a floating pier, can be seen here. You may see flamingos, Sally Lightfoot crabs, hermit crabs, black necked stilts, and whimbrels. Sea turtles also nest off the beach. Highlights: World War II remnants Animals: Sally Lightfoot crabs, hermit crabs, black necked stilts, whimbrels, sea turtles

Dragon Hill

The Dragon Hill (Cerro Dragon) visitors’ site was established by the Galápagos Islands National Park administration. A hypersalinic (saltier than the ocean) lagoon behind the beach is often frequented by flamingos, common stilts, pintail ducks and other species de birds. There is a short walk to the hill, which has rewarding views de the bay and a nesting site de land iguanas. Highlights: Hypersalinic lagoon Animals: Flamingos, common stilts, pintail ducks, land and marine iguanas, great blue and lava herons, lava lizards, mockingbirds

Charles Darwin Research Station

The CDRS is an international not-for-profit organization that provides scientific research, technical information and assistance to ensure the proper preservation de the Galápagos Islands. Visitors can learn about natural history, issues concerning the islands, and see the tortoise breeding and rearing project at work. Highlights: Tortoise breeding Animals: Giant tortoises, great blue herons, land iguanas, lava lizards, mockingbirds

Carrion Point

Carrion Point creates a sheltered lagoon with beautiful, turquoise water. During this visit you can snorkel and see a variety de fish, rays and perhaps the harmless white-tip reef sharks. The point is on the north coast de Santa Cruz Island at the entrance de Channel de Itabaca. Highlights: Snorkeling Animals: Fish, rays, white-tip reef sharks

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Genovesa Island

Darwin Bay

The beach is a coral beach where a 750m trail takes you through more seabird colonies. You get to see the cliffs from the seaward side, which are home to a large red-footed booby colony. Once ashore the number de birds seems overwhelming – Nazca boobies soar overhead, great frigatebirds display their pouches while resting on the nearby rocks and plants, and mockingbirds scamper quickly across the sand. Highlights: Incredible birding opportunities Animals: Nazca boobies, great frigatebirds, mockingbirds, wandering tattlers, lava gulls, whimbrels, turnstones, yellow-crowned, black-crowned and lava herons, white and yellow warblers, red-footed boobies, sharp-beaked finch, large cactus finches, large ground finches, Galápagos doves, swallow-tailed gulls, Madeiran storm petrels, marine iguanas

Prince Phillip’s Step (El Barranco)

An extraordinary, steep path leads through a seabird colony full de life, up to cliffs that are 25m high. At the top the trail continues inland, passing more seabird colonies in a thin palo santo forest. Leaving the forest you can overview a rocky plain. You could get a view de masked and red-footed boobies, great frigate birds, swallow-tailed gulls, red-billed tropicbirds and hundreds de storm petrels at the edge de the cliff. Highlights: Seabird colony Animals: Masked and red-footed boobies, great frigatebirds, swallow-tailed gulls, red-billed tropicbirds, Madeiran storm petrels, Galápagos fur seals, lava gulls, marine iguanas, mockingbirds

Marchena

Pinta

Baltra

Rabida Island (San Salvador or James)

The high amount de iron contained in the lava at Rábida gives it a distinctive red color. White-Cheeked Pintail Ducks live in a salt-water lagoon close to the beach, where brown pelicans and boobies have built their nests. Up until recently, flamingos were also found in the salt-water lagoon, but they have since moved on to other islands, likely due to a lack de food on Rábida. Nine species de Finches have been reported in this island.

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Bartholomew Island (Bartolomé)

Bartolomé Island is a volcanic islet just off the east coast de Santiago Island in the Galápagos Islands Group. It is one de the "younger" islands in the Galápagos archipelago. This island, and Sulivan Bay on Santiago island, are named after naturalist and life-long friend de Charles Darwin, Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, who was a Lieutenant aboard HMS Beagle.

North Seymour Island

The 2km trail crosses the inland de the island and explores the rocky coast, passing colonies de blue-footed boobies and magnificent frigatebirds. Daphne Major and Minor can be spotted in the distance and body surfing sea lions play close to the shore. Along the shoreline marine iguanas, white coral and black lava rocks complete the visit to North Seymour. Highlights: Rare Galápagos snakes, nesting frigatebirds, swallowtail gulls and blue-footed boobies, land iguanas Animals: Galápagos snakes, land iguanas, lava gulls, lava lizards, magnificent frigatebirds, marine iguanas, mockingbirds

Mosquera Island

Located between North Seymour and Baltra is the small island de Mosquera. The island consists is a long narrow stretch de white sand, rocks, and tide pools. Created by geological uplift the island has a flat look to it rather than the conical shape de the volcanically formed islands. Mosquera is a great place for visitors to wander without the typical restrictions de the other islands. It is ideal for snorkeling, strolling on the beach, and enjoying the animal life. Highlights: Large population de sea lions Animals: Great blue herons, lava gulls, lava herons, lava lizards, marine iguanas

Santa Fe Island

Santa Fe is a volcanic uplift and hosts a forest de Opuntia cactus, which are the largest de the archipelago, and palo santo. Weathered cliffs provide a haven for swallow-tailed gulls, red-billed tropic birds, and sehar-waters petrels. The Santa Fe species de land iguanas are often seen, as well as lava lizards. There is a picturesque turquoise lagoon and calm waters where you can snorkel amongst sea lions. Highlights: Land iguanas, Galápagos hawks, playful sea lion pups Animals: Frigate birds, Galápagos hawks, land and marine iguanas, manta rays, sea turtles, sea lions, lava lizards, mockingbirds

Santa Fe (Barrington)

Santa Fe (Barrington) is home to the small picturesque bay and anchorage on the island's northeast coast. The bay has two visitor trails, one leading to a scenic viewpoint atop a cliff, and the others Highlights: Land Iguanas, giant Opuntia cacti panning from a small beach to a tall prickly pear cactus forest

South Plaza Island

South Plaza has one de the largest populations de land iguanas in the Galápagos. It is also home to marine iguanas and a hybrid iguana whose fathers are marine iguanas and mothers are land iguanas. There are cliffs with spectacular views and a rocky trail circumnavigates the island displaying the combination de dry and coastal vegetation zone. The island is home to enormous prickly pear cactus and the endemic succulent sesuvian. Highlights:Land iguanas, nesting swallow tail gulls and snorkeling with friendly sea lions Animals:Land iguanas, lava lizards, Madeiran storm petrels, marine iguanas

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