Galapagos Islands: Puerto Ayora
Galapagos Islands - Summer 2018 - Episode #11
Between tours and adventures, the Town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island deserves a it’s own video. Here are some sights and sounds from the most populated town in the Galapagos!
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Logistics for Santa Cruz Island stay (4 nights/5 Days)
• Hostel North Seymour, Lobo Marino y Duncan N. 258, Puerto Ayora. 4 night stay for 2 people ($221.76 total, or $110.88 each). Complimentary breakfast and water bottle re-fills included. I booked through Expedia.com. in January (5 months before my stay). Hotel North Seymour is a cash only location, so you pay when you arrive.
• Taxi from docks to hotel (10 min trip) = $2 (you can walk… I had broken luggage)
• Highlands Tour: we used a taxi which cost $45 for two people on a half day trip. This included stops at El Chato Tortoise Reserve, Los Gemelos (collapsed craters), and the Lava tunnels. The El Chato Tortoise ranch also cost $5 to enter.
• North Seymour Dive Trip with Eagle Ray Tours $230 each with Eagleray Tours ( Due to boat repairs, Eagle Ray Tours could not run the trip. They worked with Albatros Tours ( to make sure we got on another boat for the same tour.
• Bartolome Island Tour with Eagle Ray Tours ($235 each). Full day with land and snorkeling excursions.
• Food Expenses can obviously very. We had 3 breakfasts and 2 lunches included between the hotel and tours. I purchased 4 dinners, and 1 lunches for $55 combined (no Alcoholic drinks or sodas)…and maybe another $10 of other stuff like ice cream cones and the like.
• Gratuities: I spent roughly $45 tipping on tours and restaurants.
• Ferries between Islands cost $30 one way. We booked our ferry from Santa Cruz to Isabella, and from Isabella back to Santa Cruz with Eagle Ray Tours. I recommend booking your ferry passage as soon as you can as they do fill up.
Total Cost for the Santa Cruz leg of the trip:
• $737,88 (without ferries to and from the island)
Las Grietas, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
Las Grietas are volcanic rock walls where it enters the sea. They are spectacular and the path that leads to them offers very interesting natural features (beaches, mangroves, iguanas breeding areas, salt). Be part of the other side of the port of Puerto Ayora and you just have to follow directions. Wear good shoes because the trail is quite rocky in some sections. You can not do any other way. Puerto Ayora is a town in central Galápagos, Ecuador. Located on the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island, it is the seat of Santa Cruz Canton. The town is named in honor of Isidro Ayora, an Ecuadorian president. The town is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Santa Cruz. Puerto Ayora at night on the Island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Fresh Water Swimming in Puerto Ayora, Galapagos on the Island of Santa Cruz. Puerto Ayora is the most populous town in the Galápagos Islands, with more than 12,000 inhabitants. Puerto Ayora has the best developed infrastructure in the archipelago. The larger of the two Galápagos banks, Banco del Pacifico, is located in Puerto Ayora, as well as schools, hotels, restaurants, clothing stores, hardware stores, grocery stores, marine stores, tourist shops and night clubs. It is the best place in Galápagos for communicating with the outside world via numerous cybercafes with Internet access or telephone offices. Puerto Ayora emergency medical facilities include a new hospital opened in 2006 and the island's only hyperbaric chamber. The main Avenue is named Avenida Charles Darwin and begins on the main dock of Puerto Ayora and finish in the Charles Darwin Research Station. Home to both the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park, Puerto Ayora is the center of the Galápagos conservation efforts. Island visitors may visit the Charles Darwin Research Station to learn the history of the islands and future conservation plans. North Seymour Island is an hour away by boat and has a wide array of animals with no people living on the island. Tortuga Bay is a short walk from center of Puerto Ayora where you can view marine iguanas, birds, galapagos crabs and a natural mangrove where you can spot white tip reef sharks and the gigantic galápagos tortoise. Puerto Ayora has a protected location, along the shores of Academy Bay, where a refreshing breeze often provides pleasant weather. Temperatures vary between 18 and 29 °C (64 and 82 °F). The hot season usually runs from December to May.The Itabaca Channel is located between two islands in the Galápagos, Baltra Island, also known as South Seymour Island and Santa Cruz Island. The Itabaca Channel is used by water taxis who take people from Baltra to Santa Cruz. Academy Bay is a busy harbor, normally full of boats cruising the islands, passing private yachts and local fishing boats. This bay is a good location to spot brown pelicans, golden rays, marine iguanas, herons, lava gulls, frigate birds, Galápagos sea lions, and large numbers of blue-footed boobies, which fish by spectacular plunge diving. Fresh water is at a premium on the island and in this town. Locals practice water conservation and typically collect rainwater during the rainy season. There is a desalination plant on the island. Many facilities have separate water systems with varying degrees of use/quality. For example, water used for cleaning/showering may not be potable.
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Top 10 Best Things To Do in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
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Las Grietas
Reserva El Chato
Charles Darwin Research Station
Santa Cruz Fish Market
El Garrapatero
Laguna las Ninfas
Playa de los Alemanes
Malecon de Puerto Ayora
Galeria Aymara
Playa de los Perros
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Galapagos Airport Baltra to Puerto Ayora Santa Cruz
How to get from Baltra Airport to Puerto Ayora and how much to pay for this trip.Travel time will be around 60 - 90 minutes depending on the ferry.
100US$ National Parc entrance fee needs to be paid at the airport. If you don't have enough money the police will take your passport and return it in Puerto Ayora once you pay the fee.
For returning from Puerto Ayora to Baltra remember that there are only 3 buses a day (6:30 - 8:00 AM) A taxi instead would cost you around 25 US$.
The ecological airport uses solar power, recycled rainwater and wind energy, making it the first of its kind.
It only operates during the day, which will cover the tourist demand in the Galapagos of about 300,000 passengers a year.
The growth of tourism in the Galapagos registers positive figures; since 2006 it has grown by 11.5%. The population of the Galapagos has a restricted number of inhabitants, about 30,000, and has special regulations that protect its flora and fauna in order to maintain the natural state of the unaltered islands.
The province is located about 1,000 kilometers from Ecuador’s coastline.
The airport located in Baltra Island, which does not have access to freshwater and where access to rainwater is limited, has a desalinization plant that will provide water for the terminal to be used in restrooms. Toilet wastewater will be recycled.
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Ecuador - Galápagos North Seymour Island
The Galápagos Islands, some 1000 km west of mainland Ecuador, are a unique habitat that inspired Charles Darwin to his evolution theory. Because most wildlife has no natural enemies it is possible to approach animals very closely and to see birds breeding on the flat, open ground. This video covers our visit to Isla Seymour Norte. Because we were in the breeding season we could see the frigatebirds at their most beautiful.
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Finch Bay Eco Hotel - Galapagos, Ecuador
Explore the Galapagos the Finch Bay way! The Finch Bay Eco Hotel on the Santa Cruz island in the Galapagos is a proud member of National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World, and your new home-away-from-home during your Galapagos vacation.
The only beach-front hotel in the town of Puerta Ayora, our eco hotel is the perfect place to relax and refresh after your Galapagos cruise or during your land-based tour. Right on the hotel's property, you can find intimate encounters with wildlife and incredible landscapes and ocean views.
Dining at Finch Bay is a treat - our chefs source ingredients locally, many from our very own vegetabe garden, and prepare meals with modern techniques, executed with style.
At Finch Bay Eco Hotel in Galapagos, you can rest easy knowing that our award-winning sustainable operation is contributing to the conservation of our beloved islands, preserving them for future generations.
Discover the lands and waters that inspired Charles Darwin with us, Metropolitan Touring, the pioneers in Galapagos travel. Learn more about our eco hotel here:
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Bachas Beach (Santa Cruz) - Galapagos by Go Galapagos Ecuador - Kleintours
Location cruise tour - Bachas Beach - This beach is one of the main nesting sites of sea turtles* in the Galapagos. A female can lay eggs 3 or 4 times with an average of 70 eggs each, but then spend 3 or 5 years without breeding.
At this paradisiacal site we will also find the remains of barges that sank long ago, once property of the United States Navy when they operated an airbase on Baltra Island during World War II. That is why the beach is called Bachas because the word barges in English was hard to pronounce for the local people.
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Brown Noddy, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador, South America
The Brown Noddy or Common Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related Black Noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black. The Brown Noddy is a tropical seabird with a worldwide distribution, ranging from Hawaii to the Tuamotu Archipelago and Australia in the Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea to the Seychelles and Australia in the Indian Ocean and in the Caribbean to Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean. The Brown Noddy is colonial, usually nesting on the in elevated situations on cliffs or in short trees or shrubs. It only occasionally nests on the ground. A single egg is laid by the female of a pair each breeding season. Etymology: Anous is Greek for unmindful (Harrison, 1990; see also nous), and stolidus means impassive in Latin (see also stolid). The birds are often unwary and find safety in enormous numbers. To sailors, they were well known for their apparent indifference to hunters or predators.
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Puerto Ayora + Day Trip To Las Bachas & North Seymour Island
There are many things to do in Puerto Ayora, including a day trip to Las Bachas Beach and North Seymour Island -- both major highlights when visiting the Galapagos Islands!
(Which I was fortunate enough to visit thanks to Andando Tours sponsoring my trip!)
The above is especially true if you want to enjoy white sand beaches and turquoise waters while also seeing adorable Galapagos wildlife like sea lions, blue-footed boobies, iguanas and more!
Which, by the way, you’ll see a lot of in this video! ;)
You can visit both on a day trip from Santa Cruz Island — though note there are also many things to do in Puerto Ayora, the main town on Santa Cruz, as well as nearby.
A few places highlighted in this Galapagos travel video include:
-Ikala Galapagos Hotel
-German Beach / Playa de los Alemanes
-Angermeyer Waterfront Inn
-Puerto Ayora Pier
-Charles Binford Street (amazing seafood!)
-Las Bachas Beach
-North Seymour Island
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Galapagos Islands Entry Permits
00:02 Guayaquil Airport: How to Get Galapagos Park Entry Permit
Ferry and Bus from Baltra Airport to Puerto Ayora
01:03 How to get from Baltra Airport Galapagos to Puerto Ayora Santa Cruz Galapagos
Darwin Research Center
02:31 Walking to Darwin Research Center, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
02:50 Path of the Tortoise, Darwin Research Center, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
03:50 Story of Charles Darwin, 22 years old, Sailed on “The Beagle” to Galapagos
05:37 Giant Tortoises, Darwin Research Center, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
9:44 Large Cactus Tree
10:02 Yellow Iguanas
10:30 Dan discusses significance of Darwin’s Research to Science
12:35 Marine Iguanas,
Las Grietas—The Cracks
13:50 Boat to the path, Germain Beach, $1 person
14:42 Path to Las Grietas (Blue Herron)
15:43 Beach on way to Las Grietas
16:45 Dan discussing Las Grietas Swimming Hole
Las Gemelos (The Twins)
18:20 Los Gemelos, collapsed area, sink holes.
Lava Tunnels, near Tortoise Reserve in highland of Santa Cruz, Galapagos
19:45 Dan, Lava Tunnel Introduction
20:25 Qiang Hui, Lava Tunnel near Tortoise Reserve
21:00 Qiang Hui Crawling in lava tunnel
Rancho Primicias Turtle Reserve
21:37 Dan Introducing Rancho Primicias Tortoise Reserve
Laguna de las Ninfas (Lake of Nymphs)
23:02 Introduction to Laguna de las Ninfas
23:56 Mangroves Forest, 4 Kinds of Mangrove trees
Playa El Garrapatero, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
24:48 Trail Head to Garrapatero Beach
25:12 Manzanillo Trees, Toxic trees and apples, Snow White Apples
Puerto Ayora Fish Market, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos
27:08 Ayora Fish Market
Tortuga Bahia (Tortoise Bay), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos
27:32 Tortuga Bay, Trail Head
28:34 Tortuga Bay, White Sand Beaches
29:10 Go to the end of the white sand and turn right
Walking Charles Darwin Avenue in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
33:23 Walking Tour of Puerto Ayora
33:37 Andrea Valerio, Ecuadorian Cuisine
33:54 Red Tuna Restaurant
34:08 La Garapata Restaurant?
34:14 Galapagos Bongo Bar
34:18 La Panga Discoteca
34:26 The Rock Restaurant (Happy Hour)
34:39 $5 Lunch Specials in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
35:09 Tickets for Ferries to other Islands, $30.00 person
35:38 Largest Grocery Store
35:54 Tourist Pier, Water Taxis, Sea Lions on Dock
36:57 Ferry to Isabela Island, Galapagos
First Impression of Galapagos... One of the TOP Places On Our Bucket List!
See how to travel from Guayaquil, Ecuador to #PuertoAyora on Isla Santa Cruz, #Galapagos Islands. Take note that most people spend a small fortune to visit Galapagos by taking cruises which cost well into five figures. In this series of #TravelVlogs, we’re going to show you how to do more and spend less. So BE sure to watch our entire vlog series so that you can plan out your travel activities.
Because of how far the islands are from the mainland AND the entire Galapagos cluster of islands is an archipelago of volcanic islands, food & supplies are shipped in, which contributes to higher prices. But you don’t have to spend as much as you think, which allows more travelers to check this destination off their bucket list and experience the Galapagos sooner than people imagine.
Galapagos Islands along with all of Ecuador uses USD as their currency.
Before leaving Guayaquil, we paid for a $20 transit pass at the airport that must be purchased per traveler. Upon arriving to the Seymour Airport on Isla Baltra, we had to pay the $100 Galapagos Island Fee which goes towards maintenance of the islands, conservation, protection of the animals, infrastructure and the employees doing all the work (we found this out from one of the island’s National Park Rangers.)
After going through the airport, there’s a $5 bus fee to go to the Baltra Ferry which is $1 fee to cross the Itabaca Channel. Once you cross the channel, there’s two options to head 40ish km to Puerto Ayora:
Option 1: Take the $25 Taxi which is the island’s “transport” service and is 4-door pick-up truck
Option 2: Take the bus for $5
We ended up splitting the $25 taxi fee with a couple from the Netherlands, as it’s a directional fee, not a per-person fee! SCORE!
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Puerto Ayora Fish Market / Galapagos Island
Another free thing to do on Santa Cruz, Galapagos Island is watching the action at the fish market where sea lions and pelicans beg for a hand out.
Red Mangrove Eco Luxury Hotel
Red Mangrove is seated in the most exclusive area of Santa Cruz with private ocean front views. Resting on the shores of Puerto Ayora, the newly remodeled accommodations, deck and outdoor lounge offer incredible sights of the port, wildlife and surrounding landscapes.
Plan your visit to Santa Cruz Island and the rest of the archipelago with Red Mangrove's day tours and island hopping options. For those who prefer not to cruise, these programs are perfect for showing you the best of the Galapagos Islands.
Flying TAME Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands | Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
We finished our time in Lima and headed to the airport for our late night flight from Lima to the Galapagos. However, it wasn’t so simple. We had to fly to Quito in Ecuador and sleep at the airport until our next stop over in Guayaquil before eventually landing the Galapagos. Our journey didn’t stop there - we had to take another four boats and bus before we got to our hotel on the beautiful island of Isabela. It was a crazy journey because we saw sea lions, iguanas, sharks, rays, crabs, birds and penguins! The Galapagos can definitely turn it on!
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