Punta Pitt

The cheerful and loud barking of the local Galápagos Sea Lion population will greet you after a wet landing right on the beach!

This is a bachelor colony of males that haven’t established a breeding territory, and they can be a touch rough around the edges if they’ve been fighting on one of the nearby mating beaches.

Following the commotion of the beach, we follow a calmer road up the cliffs to a nesting spot utilized by all three local species of booby, the Blue-Footed, Red-Footed, and Nazca Boobies. Nowhere else in the Galapagos Islands do all three species nest together like this.

In addition to this unusual booby colony, you may view Galápagos Frigatebirds and petrels. Aside from the amazing bird life, the vista down to the beach and across the island from this high vantage point is worth the trek.

The hiking route allows you to get up and personal with the Saltbush and other resistant bushes that persist in this often scary volcanic terrain.