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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

Town · Santa Cruz

Puerto Ayora

The largest town of the islands and the base for most visitors: hotels, restaurants, dive shops and the dock where the day tours and the ferries leave.

12,000
Population
1926
Founded

Wildlife

Sea lion
Pelican
Marine iguana
Blue-footed booby
Darwin’s finches

Why go: Everything is within a walk, and the fish market at dusk, with pelicans and sea lions waiting for scraps, is a show of its own.
Getting there: Forty five minutes from Baltra airport by bus, ferry and taxi, or by ferry from San Cristóbal, Isabela and Floreana.