Moreno Point

A vast lava field dotted with tidal lagoons on Isabela’s west coast, where flightless cormorants, penguins and flamingos feed.

Urbina Bay

A shoreline uplifted from the sea at the foot of Alcedo Volcano, home to giant tortoises, land iguanas and flightless cormorants.

North Seymour Island

Magnificent frigatebirds, blue-footed boobies and land iguanas along an easy trail.

Chinese Hat Islet

Tiny volcanic cone off Santiago with sea lions, marine iguanas and excellent snorkeling.

Egas Port

A black lava shoreline of grottos and tide pools, where fur seals shelter and marine iguanas graze.

Rabida Island

A red-sand beach backed by a brackish lagoon with flamingos, pelicans and sea lions.

Black Turtle Cove

A sheltered mangrove lagoon explored by dinghy, where green sea turtles, rays and reef sharks glide beneath the surface.

Bachas Beach

Bachas is a stretch of white coral sand on the northern shore of Santa Cruz. Behind the beach, brackish lagoons attract flamingos and other wading birds, and sea turtles nest in the sand.

Prince Philip’s Steps (El Barranco)

A steep stairway climbs the cliff at El Barranco, known as Prince Philip’s Steps, into a palo santo forest filled with red-footed and Nazca boobies, storm petrels and short-eared owls.

Darwin Bay

Darwin Bay opens as a white sand beach inside the flooded caldera of Genovesa. Mangroves and prickly pear cactus shelter swallow-tailed gulls, red-footed boobies and great frigatebirds.

Bartholomew Island

A boardwalk and stairway climb to the summit of Bartholomew, the classic viewpoint over Pinnacle Rock and the island’s twin bays.

Sullivan Bay

Sullivan Bay is famous for its ropey pahoehoe lava flows, little more than a century old and still almost untouched by vegetation.

Twin Craters & El Chato

See the pit craters in the highlands and giant tortoises roaming wild at the reserve, then transfer to Baltra Airport for your flight back to the mainland.