Traveling Galapagos 2016, Puerto Ayora, San Cristobal, Santa Fe, Santa Cruz,
Phenomenal trip with awesome new friends aboard the Nemo I. Some Gopro Footage credit to Samuel Thomas
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.
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)
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Galapagos, Ecuador, South America
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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Is he really 150 years old? Water Taxi Humor Puerto Ayora to Las Grietas Galapagos
Gorgeous Puerto Ayora Harbor Isla Santa Cruz Galapagos
July 2, 2017 I'm enjoying new friends as we take a little boat taxi in the tranquil harbor in Puerto Ayora, on Isla Santa Cruz, towards a day of adventuring in the Galapagos... searching for the Las Grietas snorkeling and swimming caverns!
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Galápagos Islands: Santa Cruz en 3 minutos | Traveling to ECUADOR
Islas Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Ecuador. If you want to discover Galapagos an all that you need to know about this wonderful place, You must to travel to this tourist attraction in Ecuador country. You can see lots of marines species and, of course, marines lions. Come with me and start this adventure. Traveling to Ecuador in South America
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Isla Santa Fe, Galapagos, Ecuador
Isla Santa Fe is an uninhabited island to the south east of the volcanic Galapagos archipelago.
To get here we took a 40 minute boat ride from Isla Santa Cruz and first up was a spot of snorkeling where the stars of the show were sealions, sharks, turtles, rays and thousands of fish.
It was then time to hit the beautiful white sand beach of Hidden Bay which we shared with the local fauna - Ballet/Sally Crabs, Yellow Finches and Marine Iguanas.
An amazing day in the Galapagos Islands.
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Galapagos Cruisier Santa Cruz II
Island hopping the Galapagos Islands: Puerto Ayora
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The island of Santa Cruz in the point of arrival for most visitors coming to the Galapagos.
Puerto Ayora is the main town were most touristic services and attractions concentrate. Charles Darwin Research Station, Tortuga Bay or the port itself are just an appetizer for this natural wonderland!
Galapagos Islands Tour
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I was fortunate enough to be a guest for an incredible 8 day cruise with Exodus Travels on the sail boat the Cachelote. There are a number of Galapagos Cruises in the islands but this is one of the few that actually offers a sail boat option and believe me if you are visiting the Galapagos islands you want to be on a sail boat.
I wasn't sure what to expect on a Galapagos Islands tour, everyone says the area is fantastic but I wasn't sure if it could really live up to its hype. But I must say it lived up to it and so much more. Over the 8 day cruise we visited: Santa Fe, Kicker Rock, San Cristobal, Punta Suarez, Post Office Bay, Punta Cormorant, Sullivan Bay, Genovesa, Floreana, Turtle Cove and more. Each day I wondered how the next could possible compare but each day was so incredible.
The most interesting on the Galapagos tours is that the animals are not afraid at all. As a visitor you have to be very careful not to get too close to the animals as they will walk right up to you. You do need to be wary with the sea lions, especially the male bulls who may be protecting the females. I also discovered one day that a small sea lion thought I was shooting some of the video too close and nipped me on the leg as a warning. I took the hint and moved back.
On a Galapagos Islands tour you see so many animals, including the sea lions I mentioned above, fur seals, three types of sharks, manta rays, turtles, dolphins, friggot birds, albatross, so many types of lizards and iguanas and each islands animals can be completely different.
I am so grateful to Exodus for hosting me on this Galapagos cruise, it is truly a magical place and one that I'll never forget.
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GALAPAGOS CRUISING | Onboard the Santa Cruz II
A cruise around the Galapagos is a bucket list worthy travel experience. It’s without a doubt the best way to see the Galapagos Isles off the coast of Ecuador. The amount of wildlife you can see on the relatively untouched islands is amazing. That’s just what’s on land as when you step off the gorgeous islands you’ll find deep blue Pacific water abundant in marine life.
It’s a place unlike any other on earth and it’s easy to understand how the islands provided inspiration for Charles Darwin. However “unlike any other places on earth” usually come with a high price tag, and the Galapagos is no exception.
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Boattrip to Los Tunales, Isla Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
This would be our last boat trip in the Galapagos Islands and today we went to Los Tunales on the coast of Isla Isabela about an hour or so to the southwest of Puerto Villamil. .
Los Tuneles are geological formations that were created during the last major lava eruption which created this section of the island.
After visiting the tunnels, and seeing the Blue Boobies and their chicks, it was time to head into the ocean for a spot of snorkeling.
The surrounding ocean provided an outstanding opportunity for us to snorkel among the dark black lava formations that come in the shape of all kinds of arches and tunnels.
Highlights of the show were penguins, white-tipped sharks, eagle rays, sea lions, turtles and even sea horses in the shallows.
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Santa cruz Galapagos islands Ecuador grocery shopping. In this video I show you what it is like grocery shopping in the Galapagos islands.
Ep. 14 The Galápagos-Part 2: Isla Santa Cruz - February 2016
We didn't expect to adore the Galápagos' most touristy island, but we did! We explored the town of Puerto Ayora, walked some of the most incredible stretches of beach we've ever seen, marveled at the marine iguanas, trekked through a lava tunnel, saw giant tortoises in action (literally and figuratively) in the wild, and scuba'd with sea lions and sharks. It was a wonderful stop in our journey, made all the more memorable because we still had Lori aboard! We hope you enjoy this taste of Isla Santa Cruz!
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LOCATION: Isla Santa Cruz in the Galápagos (Ecuador)
Galapagos Islands: Bartolome Island
Galapagos Islands - Summer 2018 - Episode #10
Today we cruised from Santa Cruz to Bartolome Island, spending the day hiking up to the top of the volcanic island, snorkeling and wildlife watching. A little geology and a litter marine life… what more could you want! Enjoy!
Thanks for watching! For those interested in the logistics and cost of this trip. Check out the information below.
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)
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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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