Land area: 585 sq km Highest peak: 907 m

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 port Puerto Egas and the Sugarloaf Mountain. From its crater was extracted salt. You can climb the 400m-high volcano and on this path lava lizards, Galápagos doves and darwin finches can be seen. The top offers a great view over the lava fields and often Galápagos hawks glide above it.
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 and sally lightfoot crab. At the end of the circular trail you are greeted by curious Galápagos fur seal. They hunt in the inlets of the volcanic coast. Fur seals differ from sea lions in their appearance as well as in their behavior. Fur seals are more pacific and their territory behavior is not as strong as the one of sea lions. Besides they are smaller, have a gob that is more flat, longer whiskers and cannot sit up on their front fins like the sea lions.
Here you have the rare opportunity to snorkel with those friendly animals together with sharks, octopuses, moray eels and other bright tropical fish. The island has three more visitor sites:

Sullivan Bay is especially fascinating for those who are interested in geology and volcanology. You can take a spectacular walk over the uneroded, black lava flow covered with lava bubbles and tree-trunks mold in the surface. There are two small beaches where turtles come for nesting.

About 5 km from Puerto Egas lies the Playa Espumilla. Behind this brown-sand beach there are two lagoons where you can observe flamingos if you are lucky. Those graceful birds move from lagoon to lagoon on their search for crabs.

At the northwest coast of the island there is Buccaneer Cove. The beaches inside the cave were used by buccaneers in the 17th and 18th century to careen their vessels. The surrounding cliffs and pinnacles are the nesting site of many different species of seabirds.