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Main islands

Santa Cruz San Cristóbal Isabela Floreana

Other islands

Baltra Bartolomé Daphne Major Española Isla Lobos Las Tintoreras Mosquera North Seymour Pinzón Santa Fe Sombrero Chino South Plaza

Landmarks

Asilo de la Paz Canal del Amor Cerro Brujo Cerro Tijeretas Concha de Perla Cousins Rock Darwin Station Devil’s Crown El Garrapatero Flamingo Lagoon Gordon Rocks Interpretation Center Itabaca Channel Kicker Rock La Lobería Las Bachas Las Grietas Los Trillizos Los Túneles Post Office Bay Punta Cormorant Punta Pitt Sierra Negra volcano Sullivan Bay The Highlands Tortoise Center Tortuga Bay Wall of Tears

Towns and airports

Baltra airport Puerto Ayora Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Puerto Velasco Ibarra Puerto Villamil San Cristóbal airport

Visitor site · Floreana

Asilo de la Paz

The highland of Floreana: the freshwater spring that made the island the first to be settled, the caves the first settlers lived in and a tortoise enclosure.

Wildlife

Giant tortoise
Darwin’s finches
Galápagos hawk

Why go: The human story of the islands, pirates and settlers included, in one green valley.
Getting there: Twenty minutes inland from the village by the island’s open-sided bus; part of every Floreana day tour.