All locationsGalápagos
Most visitors land at Baltra and cross to Santa Cruz, and most day tours leave from its town, Puerto Ayora. The island itself has the best beach in the archipelago, a green highland full of wild giant tortoises and the Charles Darwin Research Station, all reachable without a boat.
15,700
Population
986 km²
Area
864 m
Highest point
Open the Santa Cruz guideWildlife
Giant tortoise
Marine iguana
Sea lion
Blue-footed booby
Darwin’s finches
Sea turtle
Pelican
Lava lizard
