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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

Beach · Santa Cruz

Las Bachas

Two white beaches on the north coast of Santa Cruz, named after the wrecked barges the Americans left behind in the 1940s, with a brackish lagoon where flamingos feed.

Wildlife

Sea turtle
Flamingo
Marine iguana
Pelican
Tropical fish

Why go: A sea turtle nesting beach with easy snorkeling, the usual afternoon stop of the North Seymour day.
Getting there: By boat only, from the Itabaca Channel; visited on the North Seymour tours.