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Santa Fe Island
Santa Fe Island, also called Barrington Island, is a small island of 24 km² which lies in the centre of the Galapagos archipelago, to the south west of Santa Cruz Island. Geologically it is one of the oldest, since volcanic rocks of about 4 million years old have been found.
The vegetation of the island is characterized by the presence of a dense forest of the largest species of the giant Opuntia cactus.
The landing site is a bay on the northeast coast which is home to sea lions. Snorkeling is...
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Santiago Island
This island does not offer a lot of vegetation but instead a splendid variety of seabirds, marine iguanas and Galápagos fur seal. The black lava shoreline that is called James Bay was already explored by Darwin himself. Here you also find the once inhabited Puerto Egas and the Sugarloaf Mountain. From its crater was extracted salt.
There is a tourist trail along the coast, about 2 km in southern direction. First you pass the ruins of an old salt mine and the rocky coast is home to sea lion colonies...
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North Seymour Island
North Seymour Island is located in the north of Baltra and Santa Cruz. North Seymour is quite arid and the vegetation consists of palo santo trees and saltbushes. It is especially famous for its seabird breeding colonies.
The tourist trail leads through main nesting sites for blue footed antes and frigate birds that are active all year round. You will certainly get the view of the sky pointing of a pair of boobies. Their courtship dance, that is repeated frequently, is charming and comical at the...
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South Plaza Island
The island South Plaza was formed by lava up streaming from the bottom of the ocean. Despite its small size it is home to a large number of species and it is famous for its extraordinary flora. That is why this island is very popular with visitors.
The most characteristic plant is the ground cover sesuvium. During the rainy season its color is a green to yellowish tone, in the dry season (end of June till January) a bright red.
Then it contrasts very well with the yellow land iguana that lives there....
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