BARTOLOME. - From its 14-meter high summit, you will have the most breathtaking view of the islands, overlooking Sullivan Bay and Pinnacle Rock. The Galapagos penguin can be found here.

ISABELA. - Also know as Albemarle in honor of Earl of Abingdon, Duke of Albemarle, has a surface area 4,588 square kilometers and is therefore the largest island in Galapagos. Alcedo Volcano along with the volcanoes Cerro Azul, Wolf and Darwin, maintains the largest tortoise population by far in the Galapagos. Each volcano holds different sub-species: flightless cormorants, penguins, ducks, flamingos and gallinules, among others. On this is land there are three major attractions: Cape Berkeley, Urbina Bay and Tagus Cove.

FERNANDINA. - Or Narborough, has 642 square kilometers and is one of the world's most active and impressive volcanoes. Espinoza Point is known for its high concentration of endemic marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, Galapagos penguins and sea lions. Here you can see various pioneer plants such as the Brachycereus cactus, as well as pahoehoe lava formations and mangroves extending into the sea.

SAN SALVADOR. - On the western side of this 585-square-kilometer island, at James Bay you will find Puerto Egas, one of the finest sites in the Galapagos. Along the black lava shoreline where erosion has shaped lava pools, caves and islets that are the home to a great variety of wildlife, you can find marine iguanas basking in the sun and light-foot crabs which attract hunting herons and sea lions among other species like the Galapagos hawk.

RABIDA. - Also named Jervis in honor of Admiral John Jervis. The island's surface area is 5 square kilometers and is located to the south of Santiago. There is a wet landing onto a dark red sand beach, where sea lions and pelicans can be found. Behind the beach, there is a salty lagoon with flamingos and white-cheeked pitails. On the three-quarter kilometer trail, you will find Palo Santo and magnificent views of the island.

SANTA CRUZ. - This 986-square-kilometer island is the second largest and the most populated of the Archipelago. At Academy Bay, there is Puerto Ayora, site for the facilities of the Charles Darwin Scientific Station, a center for conducting research and conserving the Galapagos species, especially the 11 surviving species of tortoises. Other spots for visitors are the highlands located about 12 km. from Bellavista. To reach this site you will have to go through the xerophytic vegetation into areas overgrown with scalecia, miconia, fern-sedge; other species are the opuntia and the cereus, Palo Santo, croton and cryptocarpus bushes. The visit will include a hike around "Los Gemelos", which are actually sink holes rather than craters, surrounded by a esclalecia forest where a large number of birds like the vermilion flycatcher and most of the 13 species of the famous Darwin finches have made their home.

ESPAÑOLA. - Also known as Hood, named after Admiral Viscount Samuel Hood. This 61-square-kilometer island is the most southern one. The main tourist attractions are "Punta Suarez", where a wet landing has to be made and Gardner Bay, a beautiful beach of white sand. At the eastern end of the island you will find a masked and blue-footed booby colony, marine iguanas and the waved albatross colony; just beyond the colony there is a blow hole through which waves are forced and transformed into water spouts that rise 29 meters into the air. On this island you can also find lava lizards.

SAN CRISTOBAL. - Home of the Archipelago's capital, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. "Isla Lobos" which is the main sea lion and blue-footed booby colony for visitors to San Cristobal Kicker Rock is a volcanic cinder formation, where blue-footed and masked boobies can be found among frigates and other seabird species.

NORTH SEYMOUR. - Life is teeming along this 1¼ km. Visitors trail. On this island you can find sea lions waddling on the beach land iguanas, frigate birds displaying their red pouches, colonies of blue-footed boobies, swallow-tailed gulls, the bright yellow warbler, and fur seals.

TOWER. - It has two sites: Beach at Darwin Bay, which is located at the inner part of Darwin Bay, this site contains an abundance of frigates and other seabirds. Behind the small beach are a number of tide pools surrounded by Cryptocarpus vegetation. The trail follows the border of the vegetation and a tide pool, taking the visitor past nesting areas of frigates, red-footed boobies, and swallow-tailed gulls. At high tide it is likely that the trail will be covered with water. Excellent views of the cliff formations along the coast can be seeing as well as an idea of the dry interior of the island may be obtained by following the trail to its end. Prince Philips steps, part of the narrow arm of land, which encircles the eastern section of Darwin Bay, this site is excellent for observing various species of sea birds. After ascending 25 meters of loose rock, the visitor arrives at the top of a cliff, amidst the nesting areas of masked and red-footed boobies, and frigate birds. The trail passes through a section of dry forest, typical of the island's vegetation, and emerges onto a ridge of lava. Thousands of storm petrels flutter about over the open expanses of fragile lava to the south, in whose cracks and crevices they nest.

CHARLES. - Historically, this site is the location of a wooden barrel, which was placed there in the l8th·century by the crew of a whaling ship. It has been utilized since then by whalers, yachtsmen, and tourists alike as a post office. If you find a letter or card addressed to someone living near your eventual destination, take it with you and continue an ancient tradition. It is also possible to visit a typical Galapagos lava cave not too far from the lovely bathing beach.
Devil's crown is a marine site located a short distance off of Floreana Island. It consists of the picket fence-like remains of a small volcanic cone, which has been eroded away by the sea in various places, creating in its interior an ideal habitat for several types of corals, fish and other marine life. It is possibly the most interesting and diverse marine site within the Galapagos National Park.

PLAZA SOUTH. - One of a pair of small uplifted islands a short distance from the east coast of Sta. Cruz, South Plaza has a unique Sesuvium and Opuntia landscape which provides some of the most interesting wildlife observation available in Galapagos. Land iguanas are always easily seen from the trail, frequently in the shade of a cactus. Swallow-tailed gulls, which nest on the rugged southern cliffs, are usually seen, along with various other sea birds. The protected rocky seashore is prime habitat for a large colony of noisy sea lions.

SANTA FE. - The small bay on Barrington's Northeast coast, an extremely picturesque anchorage, provides the visitor with two trails. One of these leads to a scenic viewpoint on top of a cliff, and eventually leads to an area where a species of land iguana unique to this island can sometimes be seen. The second trail is a short walk from the beach to an unusually tall forest of prickly pear cactus.