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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

Volcano · Isabela

Sierra Negra volcano

An active shield volcano with one of the largest calderas on Earth, ten kilometres across, and the fresh black lava fields of Volcán Chico on its flank.

1,124 m
Highest point
10 km caldera
Length
2018
Last eruption

Wildlife

Darwin’s finches
Galápagos hawk
Lava lizard
Giant tortoise

Why go: The one volcano rim you can walk to on a day trip, with views over the whole west of the archipelago on a clear day.
Getting there: Forty five minutes by road from Puerto Villamil to the trailhead, then a guided hike of four to six hours.