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Santa Cruz Highlands tour

– Santa Cruz highlands has a dramatically change of the fauna depending of the altitude, a variety of animals especially birds live on the wild. 

Santa Cruz Highlands tour

The first stop of this trip is a wonderful volcanic formation named “The Twins or Gemelos” a spectacular panoramic landscape surrounded by a Scalesia Forest, also is home of many land birds as Darwin finches.  

 

The second stop of your visit it’s the Giant Tortoises Sanctuary, were many Giant Galapagos live on the wild.

Walk with Galapagos giant tortoises, see big craters and lava tunnels.

Fun Fact: The fastest tortoise can roam at 800 meters per day. . . On tour, you will learn more about the biodiversity of the Galápagos Islands.

The Twins: These two large pit craters along the road from Puerto Ayora to Baltra were caused by the collapse of empty magma chambers. We can stop along the side of the road and visit both craters, walking around their rims.

A circular trail to the larger crater passes through the beautiful Scalesia forest, which is an excellent place to observe terrestrial birds, including Vermilion Flycatchers, Short-eared Owls, the Galapagos Dove, and several finch species.

Giant Galapagos Tortoises: a walk less than 1 mile with big tortoises in their natural habitat.

Lava Tunnel: 0. 5 mile walk inside the tunnel as a kind of Indiana Jones movie. Formed by the solidified molten lava flow, the lava tunnels on Santa Cruz Island are abound. In some point we must cross on our knees as wild cats in one of those tunnels, we can avoid that one, but if you want to try it is fun!

Itinerary

– Pick up at your hotel or at the Itabaca Channel cruise peer/dock.

Visit to the Twins (Pit Craters):
– Private transportation to the Santa Cruz Twins – around 30 min.
– Arriving to the point of interest, walk and explanation about the two big natural rock craters – around 30 to 50 min.

Giant Tortoises:
– Arriving to one of the Private Farms and start to walk the path to find Giant Tortoises, explanation about the seasonal behaviour and keep exploring for 45 to 60 minutes.

Lava Tunnels:
– Just a few minutes from the Silverstone race track for tortoises, full of fun walk inside the Lava Tunnel for about 30 minutes.

– Back to the hotel.

* This tour can be customised upon request; it’s possible to have lunch if the activity starts in the morning or time for a coffee break, etc.

What is Included:

  • Guiding Services
  • Private Transportation
  • Admission Tickets
  • Other: Most of the activities have action in private farms, which requires entrance fee for each person.
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