San Cristóbal is the easternmost island in Galapagos; on its  southwestern side is the town of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, the capital of the province of Galapagos. On Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the Interpretation Center, newly opened by the Galapagos National Park, which is truly an extraordinary contribution to the information and education of the island community and the traveler. Continuing the trail that exits from the Interpretation Center, at a short distance is Frigatebird Hill. Here it is possible to see Magnificent Frigatebirds and Great Frigatebirds in the same colony. This is the perfect place to compare and learn to distinguish them.

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El Junco Lagoon, a 45-minute bus ride from Puerto Baquerizo is one of the few permanent fresh water lakes in the islands. It is located in the highlands of San Cristóbal (2,300 ft./700 mts.). On the way, the different vegetation zones can be seen. The lake itself is a beautiful, special panorama and the bird watching is exceptional. Isla Lobos is located north of Chatham, 1 hour across a small channel. Isla Lobos means ”Sea-Lion Island”, and the name is certainly appropriate because they frolic, leap and make a racket here. It is also a nesting place for Blue-footed Boobies and a good place for snorkeling.

Kicker Rock is a magnificent rock in the middle of the sea. Rising 500 feet straight from the ocean, this giant uplifted rock has the shape of a sleeping lion. It has a split with towering vertical walls on either side, forming a narrow channel through which small vessels can navigate.

Interpretation Centre
Opened to the Public in 1998, the Galapagos National Park Visitor Centre in San Cristóbal presents a complete and documented history of the Galapagos, its ecosystems, flora and fauna. It is also the place where different cultural activities take place like theatre, exhibitions and workshops (dance, painting etc).

The Visitor Center is open to the public every day from 7am to 12pm and 1.30pm to 5pm.

Española
Española is the southernmost island of the archipelago and because it is so isolated, it has a high proportion of endemic fauna. Gardner Bay offers a great possibility for the visitor to enjoy some beach time in the Galapagos. Here, the extroverted mockingbirds sit on top of visitor’s hats, peck at their feet and investigate their belongings.
Punta Suárez is one of the most popular and attractive visits of the Galapagos. The quantity and variety of wildlife at this site is remarkable. When landing, young sea lions surf the breaking waves, while a few steps inland groups of the Española variety of iguanas bask in the sun. Further inland, Masked and Blue-foot Boobies nest almost right on the trail, Galapagos Doves peck around unaware of visitors and finches go about their business in the bushes. The trail continues toward the cliffs and the blowhole, a fissure in the lava where water spurts high in the air like a geyser.
The cracks in the rock are home to the attractive Swallow-tailed Gulls and Red-billed Tropicbirds. Further up the cliff, in a n area of low-lying tress, is the only place where the Waved Albatross nests, and in fact, the 10 to 12,000 pairs of albatrosses on Española are all the individuals of this species that exist on the planet. They perform one of the most spectacular rituals of the animal world. Watching these large birds (up to 1 mt. high) take off is another unforgettable moment. The albatrosses clumsily wobble to the edge of the cliff and lunch themselves against the wind to be transformed into gracious flying creatures.

BARTOLOMÉ

Bartolomé is famous for its Pinnacle Rock, which is the most representative landmark of the Galapagos. Precariously walking on the rocks at the base of the Pinnacle Rock are Galapagos Penguins, the smallest species of penguin and the only one found north of the Equator.
At the beach on the southern side, across the isthmus of the island, there are nesting sea turtles (in season), wading in the shallow water near the shore or just resting in the sand, exhausted after swimming a long way to these beaches to lay their eggs. White-tipped Reef Sharks patrol close to shore.
At the other landing, it is possible to climb to the highest point of the island. The site is like a museum of vulcanology, an eruption site left untouched after the explosion. If it weren’t for the small lava lizards scurrying around, the pioneer Mollugo plants, and the gravity, the visitor could be well walking on the surface of the moon.

Baltra
This will be your first (and last) exposure to the Galapagos. Baltra has one of the two airports in the Islands. The U.S. military originally constructed this airport during World War II, and during this period most of the indigenous fauna of the island was exterminated. Land iguanas have only recently been successfully re-introduced and can be seen near the airport. Baltra is currently an Ecuadorian naval base and is not within the boundaries of Galapagos National Park. This is the place where TAME Airlines operates in the Islands. The Airport is just a short bus ride from the harbor where all our cruises start

TAME Boeing 727