ECUADOR - Galapagos Islands
Isabela island
Isabela Island is the largest island of the Galapagos with an area of 4,640 square kilometres (1,790 sq mi) and length of 100 kilometres (62 mi) almost four times larger than Santa Cruz, the second largest of the archipelago. The island strides the equator and is one of the youngest islands. At approximately 1 million years old, the island was formed by the merger of 6 shield volcanoes - Alcedo, Cerro Azul, Darwin, Ecuador, Sierra Negra, and Wolf. All of these volcanoes except Ecuador are still active, making it one of the most volcanically active places on earth. Two of the volcanoes, Volcan Ecuador and Volcan Wolf (the island's highest point with an elevation of 1,707 m [5,600 ft]), lie directly on the equator. Isabela's rich animal, bird, and marine life is beyond compare. Isabela is home to more wild tortoises than all the other islands.
BEST TIME to VISIT ECUADOR and GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to ISABELA island
Galapagos : April to December
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Land iguana - large male
Isabela island - Land iguana - large male
Isabela island - Land iguana - large male
Isabela island - Blue-Footed Booby
Isabela island - Nazca Booby
Isabela island - Blue-Footed Booby
Isabela island - Finch
Isabela island - Brown Pelican - juvenal
Isabela island - Yellow warbler
Isabela island - Green Pacific Turtles
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise - the shell gives the age of the tortoise like a tree
Isabela island - the cliff shows the different layers of volcanic ashes
Isabela island - Brown Pelican - juvenals
Isabela island - Flightless cormorant
Isabela island - Brown Pelican -
Isabela island - a guide showing a goat skull - Goats were imported and destroyed the local vegetation and endagered local species and the National Park decided to eradicate them
Isabela island - Flightless cormorant
Isabela island - Yellow warbler
Isabela island - Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - landscape with a ship
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise - Head
Isabela island - Volcanic landscape
Isabela island - Volcanic landscape
Isabela island - Volcanic landscape
Isabela island - Volcanic landscape
Isabela island - Volcanic landscape
Isabela island - Volcanic landscape
Isabela island - Green Pacific Turtle
Isabela island - Brown Pelican - juvenal
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Green Pacific Turtle
Isabela island - Brown pelicans
Isabela island - Marine iguanas heating on rocks facing the sun
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise - showing its long neck
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - huge Galapagos Giant Tortoise under a tree
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - huge Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Isabela island - Galapagos Giant Tortoise opening its mouth
Isabela island - Brown noddy tern
Isabela island - mockingbird
Isabela island - Wasps nest
Isabela island - Blue-Footed Booby
Isabela island - Brown Pelican - fully grown
Isabela island - Brown Pelican - fully grown
Isabela island - Brown Pelican - breeding plumage (starting)
Isabela island - Brown Pelican - breeding plumage