ECUADOR - Galapagos Islands
Santa Cruz island
Santa Cruz is an island in Ecuador’s Galápagos National Park. It’s known for sandy beaches like El Garrapatero. The town of Puerto Ayora is the archipelago’s tourism hub. Here, the Charles Darwin Research Station has a breeding program for endangered giant tortoises, which live wild in El Chato Reserve. Tortuga Bay attracts sea turtles and marine iguanas. Los Gemelos volcanic calderas and a lava tunnel lie inland.
BEST TIME to VISIT ECUADOR and GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to SANTA CRUZ island
Galapagos : April to December
Santa Cruz island - Sally Foot Crab
Santa Cruz island - Sally Foot Crabs
Santa Cruz island - Sally Foot Crab
Santa Cruz island - Las Bachas beach
Santa Cruz island - Las Bachas beach
Santa Cruz island - Las Bachas beach
Santa Cruz island - marine iguana
Santa Cruz island - landscape
Santa Cruz island - yellow wrbler
Santa Cruz island - Sally Foot Crab
Santa Cruz island - Sally Foot Crabs
Santa Cruz island - Sally Foot Crab
Santa Cruz island - mockingbird
Santa Cruz island - Pelican resting : turning the head, lie it's large beak between the 2 wings
Santa Cruz island - yellow wrbler
Santa Cruz island - sandy beach
Santa Cruz island - landscape
Santa Cruz island - Las Bachas beach
Santa Cruz island - Las Bachas beach
Santa Cruz island - Cactus
Santa Cruz island - Las Bachas beach
Santa Cruz island - Many ponds are found inside the islands
Santa Cruz island - Sally Foot Crab
Santa Cruz island - Las Bachas beach
Santa Cruz island - landscape
Santa Cruz island - Plenty of crabs evrywhere near the water
Santa Cruz island - Many ponds are found inside the islands
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - church
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - building
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - church
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - street
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - Fish Market
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - restaurant
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - you can find wildlife in the city and you have a 2 meters distance
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - young girl ready for the picture at less than 2 meters from the sea lion
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - Houses are often unfinished as the family waits to have enough money to build the upper floor
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - Blue building
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - Harbour
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - restaurant
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - street
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - puerto
Santa Cruz island - Puerto Ayora - Ocean Front - Albatross statue
Santa Cruz - Cerro Dragon - bird
Santa Cruz - Cerro Dragon - landscape
Santa Cruz - Cerro Dragon - black finch
Santa Cruz - Cerro Dragon -Land iguana
Santa Cruz - Cerro Dragon - Flamingoes
Santa Cruz - Cerro Dragon - Land iguana
Santa Cruz - Cerro Dragon - Landscape with cacti
Santa Cruz - Cerro Dragon - landscape
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - landscape
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - landscape with cacti
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - land iguana
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - landscape with a pink flamingo
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingo
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingos
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingo eating
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - landscape - sandy beach
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Black-necked stilt bird
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - landscape
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Cactus yellow flowers
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - landscape with cacti
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - landscape
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Crabs from the same specie but the brightest is older
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Lava heron
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - landscape
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Landscape
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Landscape
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - marine iguana
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - marine iguana
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Land iguana
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Landscape
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Land iguana
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Marine iguana
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingo
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingo
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingo
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingos
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingos
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingo
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingo
Santa Cruz isandl - Cerro Dragon - Flamingo