Galapagos Islands Santa Cruz Island (Indefatigable)
Over 12,000 residents live in Puerto Ayora with services for visitors who board cruise vessels or stay in hotels and in the highlands There are lava tunnels to explore and giant tortoises to spot roaming wild in the mountains.
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The most highly populated island now has over 12,000 residents in the cattle farming communities of the forested highlands and the port Puerto Ayora, which is full of shops, bars and restaurants catering for visitors who board cruise vessels or stay in hotels here. The Charles Darwin Research Station and Galapágos National Park Information Centre are here and the main airport just a short boat ride away on Baltra Island. There are lava tunnels to explore and giant tortoises to spot roaming wild in the mountains.
Holidays Santa Cruz Island (Indefatigable)
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Ecuador’s Andes and Galapagos Islands hop
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Luxury Galapagos Islands cruise
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Paloma: Andean Ecuador and land based Galapagos
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Private Galapagos: Santa Cruz and Isabela Islands
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