World Heritage Site in Santa Cruz

After Quito we took a flight to Baltra, one of the two airports on the Galapagos, which took about 2 hrs (via Guayaquil, Ecuador´s largest city). From the airport we took an airport bus to the ferry ...
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First thing in the morning we went ashore Santiago Island at James Bay (known locally as Puerto Egas). We saw a variety of birdlife including a Galapagos dove, a beautiful hawk, herons & ...
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After breakfast we took the pangas to the shore of Santa Fe, from where we went for a short walk - to find some land iguanas - passing lots of sealions en route. We were lucky enough to find resident ...
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We caught a morning flight from Quito over to the Galapagos Islands - Baltra Island, more specifically. Upon arrival, 2 hours later, we collected our luggage & headed outside of the airport ...
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So today was the last day of my week-long Galapagos cruise. Having had such a great week, it was really hard to think about going back to mainland Ecuador, but I kept having to remind myself how lucky ...
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Well a galapagos update.Been diving a few more days still in a big thick wetsuit. Went to Gordens Rocks and on the decent a great big hammerhead shark was looking straight at us !!!Was the best ...
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After an early breakfast & the departure of a couple of our group (who were only on a 5-day tour), we headed to the Darwin Station on Santa Cruz. This is a kind of breeding place where they hatch ...
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