Galapagos islands Wildlife | Santa Cruz | Ecuador | Wish you were here! | 1994
The amazing wildlife of the Galapagos isle including the Island of Santa Cruz
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Galapagos, Santa Cruz Island Walking Tour
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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
Exploring the Galapagos ????How to get to Tortuga Bay ????????Santa Cruz Island Ecuador
No matter where you stay in Puerto Ayora, getting to Tortuga Bay is basically the same route. Head south-west until you reach the Galápagos Centro de Energia Renovable (5-15 minutes walk from the main strip), then head down the only path for another 30 minutes until you reach the main Bay.
Despite the name Tortuga, the Sea Turtles were nowhere to be found today. We were instead greeted by swarms of sunbathing marine iguanas and various crabs, so we took the opportunity to catch some rays. Gringos beware, you are less than one-degree from the equator so be sure to slap on a bit of that SPF before you join them basking in the sun.
Head a little further along the beach and you will find Tortuga Laguna, a smaller sheltered bay where tourists are welcome cool down with a swim. It's easy to catch an up-close view the baby sharks and pelicans hunting for small fish along the edge of the mangroves makes for quite the spectacle, and a fantastic sunset in the evening.
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Galápagos National Park, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
Galápagos National Park, established in 1959 and beginning operations in 1968, is Ecuador's first national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The government of Ecuador has designated 97% of the land area of the Galápagos Islands as the country's first national park. The remaining 3% is distributed between the inhabited areas of Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Floreana and Isabela. In 1971, the Galápagos National Park Service had its first Superintendent, 2 officers and 6 park rangers on Santa Cruz Island. In 1974, the Galápagos National Park Service had its first management plan and a team of officials in accordance with the organic structure issued in 1973, with a Superintendent, 2 conservation officers, 40 park rangers to comply with management objectives. On Santa Cruz is the Charles Darwin Research Station. In 1979 UNESCO declared the Galápagos Islands Natural Heritage for Humanity, making the Park Service through the Superintendent of the Park responsible for performing permanent park conservation and guarding the islands. The photo on the left is the Itabaca Channel and is located between two islands in the Galápagos, Ecuador. Looking at the aerial photo Baltra Island, also known as South Seymour Island is on the right and Santa Cruz Island is on the left. The Itabaca Channel is used by water taxis who take people from Baltra to Santa Cruz. The Galápagos Marine Reserve was created in 1986. Additionally the same year the Galápagos National Park was included in the list of Biosphere Reserve because of its unique scientific and educational worth that should be preserved for perpetuity. In 2007, the UNESCO added the Galapagos National Park to its List of World Heritage Sites in Danger, reflecting the dangers posed by a fast pace of human development in all its areas: immigration, tourism and trade, all increasing the likelihood of introduction of invasive species to the islands. This represents the gravest danger to the fragile ecosystems which have evolved over millions of years in natural isolation. A UNESCO mission arrived in Galapagos on the 29th April to study the progress made since 2007. A favorite of visitors to the Galapagos is Tortuga Bay, located on the Santa Cruz Island, about a 20-minute walk from the main water taxi dock in Puerto Ayora. The walking path is 1.55 miles (2,490 m) and is open from six in the morning to six in the evening. Visitors must sign in and out at the start of the path with the Galapagos Park Service office. marine iguanas, galapagos crabs and birds are seen dotted along the lava rocks in Tortuga Bay. There is a separate cove where you can swim where it is common to view white tip reef sharks swimming in groups, small fish, birds, and sometimes the gigantic galápagos tortoise.
Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador in 4K (Ultra HD)
Santa Cruz is the most populated island on the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.
In the video: Los Gemelos (two large craters that used to be magma chambers); Reserva El Chato, where giant tortoises live in their natural habitat, Lava tube in El Chato, Puerto Ayora, Charles Darwin Research Station, Tortuga Bay.
Recorded December 2014 in 4K (Ultra HD) with Sony AX100.
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Galápagos - Isla Santa Cruz
La isla Santa Cruz fue nuestra entrada a Galápagos, donde desde el primer día nos mostró su increíble fauna, las cuales se paseaban frente a nosotros caminando, volando o nadando sin ningún temor, desplazándose cómodamente, enseñándonos que la tierra en la que caminamos y el agua en la que chapoteamos es su hogar, y nosotros somos unos intrusos pero afortunados de contemplarlos.
????Visiting the Charles Darwin Research Center in Galapagos Islands ????????Santa Cruz Island Ecuador
Each island within the Galapagos has a unique species of tortoise. Visiting the Charles Darwin Research Center on Santa Cruz is a great way to see the different sub-species of Galapagos tortoises, the Galapagos finches, and many of the other plant species.
Although it is not uncommon to stumble upon some of these gentle giants as you begin exploring the island outside of Puerto Ayora, the research center provides a great way to get up close to the best part - BABY TURTLES! The site is also the former home of the late Lonesome George, the last of his sub-species of tortoise.
We had rented bikes for the day so we took the rest of the daylight exploring the island and stumbling into various tanning spots for the marine iguanas. As usual, we opted to avoid the touristy crowds and dine with the locals, so we capped the night off with dinner and drinks at a night-market hidden just off the main strip (Av. Seymour).
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Galapagos Islands Day 1: Santa Cruz Island
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So, I've made it to the Galapagos Islands for the Feel Again project with the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism. The assignment has me on the Galapagos Islands for 4 days in total, which might not seem like much. However, since we're a part of a project, I'm sure that we'll have a lot of time to shoot photos and get the images of the islands we're hoping for.
This is now my second trip to the Galapagos Islands and I'm stoked for the adventure. On Day 1, we arrive on Santa Cruz Island and visit the Giant Tortoises as well as a lava cave. The giant tortoises on Santa Cruz are impressive to say the least, and the overcast skies meant that I got some pretty cool photos of the prehistoric animals.
Anyways, I hope you like the video from day 1. Be sure to stay tuned for the rest of the episodes from the Galapagos Islands and beyond!
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GALAPAGOS 12_Fish Market Puerto Ayora. Santa Cruz Island. Galapagos.
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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.[1][2]
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 finishes at the Charles Darwin Research Station.[3] 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.
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Galápagos tortoises, Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise is the largest living species of tortoise and the 14th-heaviest living reptile. Modern giant tortoises can weigh up to 250 kg; even larger versions, now extinct, roamed every continent except Antarctica and Australia into the Pleistocene. Today, they exist only on two remote archipelagos: the Galápagos 1000 km due west of Ecuador, and Aldabra in the Indian Ocean, 700 km east of Tanzania. The tortoise is native to seven of the Galápagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago about 1,000 km west of the Ecuadorian mainland. With lifespans in the wild of over 100 years, it is one of the longest-lived vertebrates. A captive individual lived at least 170 years. Tortoises are not likely to migrate, as they are too big and have an extremely slow metabolism. Spanish explorers, who discovered the islands in the 16th century, named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning tortoise. Tortoises also live very uncomplicated lives, and can nap up to 16 hours a day. Shell size and shape vary between populations. On islands with humid highlands, the tortoises are larger, with domed shells and short necks; on islands with dry lowlands, the tortoises are smaller, with saddleback shells and long necks. Charles Darwin's observations of these differences on the second voyage of the Beagle in 1835, contributed to the development of his theory of evolution. Darwin was highly impressed by these giants, although he referred to them as “antediluvian” and “giant monsters”, less than affectionate terms.
Tortoise numbers declined from over 250,000 in the 16th century to a low of around 3,000 in the 1970s. This decline was caused by overexploitation of the species for meat and oil, habitat clearance for agriculture, and introduction of non-native animals to the islands, such as rats, goats, and pigs. The extinction of most giant tortoise lineages is thought to have also been caused by predation by humans or human ancestors. Tortoise populations on at least three islands have become extinct in historical time due to human activities. Specimens of these extinct taxa exist in several museums and also are being subjected to DNA analysis. Ten subspecies of the original 15 survive in the wild; an 11th subspecies had only a single known living individual, kept in captivity and nicknamed Lonesome George until his death in June 2012. Conservation efforts, beginning in the 20th century, have resulted in thousands of captive-bred juveniles being released onto their ancestral home islands, and the total number of the species is estimated to have exceeded 19,000 at the start of the 21st century. Despite this rebound, the species as a whole is classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The discoverer of the Galápagos Islands, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, Bishop of Panama, wrote in 1535 of such big tortoises that each could carry a man on top of himself. Naturalist Charles Darwin remarked after his trip three centuries later in 1835, These animals grow to an immense size ... several so large that it required six or eight men to lift them from the ground. The largest recorded individuals have reached weights of over 400 kg and lengths of 1.87 meters. Size overlap is extensive with the Aldabra giant tortoise however taken as a species, the Galápagos tortoise seems to average slightly larger, with weights in excess of 185 kg being slightly more commonplace. Weights in the larger bodied subspecies range from 272 to 317 kg in mature males and from 136 to 181 kg in adult females. However, the size is variable across the islands and subspecies, those from Pinzón Island are relatively small with a maximum known weight of 76 kg and carapace length of approximately 61 cm compared to 75 to 150 cm range in tortoises from Santa Cruz Island. The tortoises' gigantism was probably a preadapted condition for successful colonisation of these remote oceanic islands rather than an example of evolved insular gigantism. Large tortoises would have a greater chance of surviving the journey over water from the mainland as they can hold their heads a greater height above the water level and have a smaller surface area/volume ratio, which reduces osmotic water loss. Their significant water and fat reserves would allow the tortoises to survive long ocean crossings without food or fresh water, and to endure the drought-prone climate of the islands. A larger size allowed them to better tolerate extremes of temperature due to gigantothermy. Fossil giant tortoises from mainland South America have been described that support this hypothesis of preadapted gigantism. The tortoises are ectothermic, so bask for 1–2 hours after dawn to absorb the sun's heat through their dark shells before actively foraging for 8–9 hours a day. They travel mostly in the early morning or late afternoon between resting and grazing areas.