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