Lobos Island
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Lobos Island
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SITE OVERVIEW
Hike along the shoreline of Lobos Islands and search for the iconic blue-footed boobies and majestic frigatebirds that nest in the area. This small island is located approximately twenty minutes by boat from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. Enjoy snorkeling in waters rich with wildlife—a juvenile sea lion might just come and tug on your snorkel fin! And look for the elusive Galapagos fur seal, which can occasionally be seen resting on the rocky coastline. This excursion offers plenty from both land and sea.
Destination | San Cristobal Island |
Activities | • Dinghy ride • Snorkeling • Hiking |
Inhabitants | No |
Type of Landing | Dry landing |
Tours Allowed | Land based or cruise ship |
LOCATION
FAUNA
Blue footed booby | Sula nebouxii - ES |
Nazca booby | Sula granti |
Galapagos sea lion | Zalophus wollebaeki - E |
Great frigatebird | Fregata minor |
Swallow tailed gull | Creagrus furcatus |
San Cristobal lava lizard | Microlophus bivittatus - E |
San Cristobal mockingbird | Mimus melanotis |
Marine iguana | Amblyrhynchus cristatus - E |
Lava heron | Butorides sundevalli |
Yellow-crowned night heron | Nyctanassa violacea - ES |
King angelfish | Holacanthus passer -N |
Lava gull | Leucophaeus fuliginosus - E |
Mexican hogfish | Bodianus diplotaenia - N |
Panamic sergeant major | Abudefduf troschelii -N |
Red-billed tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus |
Razor surgeonfish | Prionurus laticlavius -N |
Least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
Yellowtail mullet | Mugil rammelsbergi Tschudi - N |
Yellow snapper | Lutjanus argentiventris - N |
FLORA
Cut-leafed scalesia | Scalesia incisa - E |
Galapagos lantana | Lantana peduncularis - E |
Stickleaf | Mentzelia aspera - N |
Galapagos clubleaf | Nolana galapagensis - E |
Oily pectis | Pectis tenuifolia - E |
Galapagos carpetweed | Sesuvium edmonstonei - E |
Grey matplant | Tiquilia nesiotica - E |
Galapagos spurge | Chamaesyce spp. - E |
Common carpetweed | Sesuvium portulacastrum - N |
Thread-leafed chaff flower | Alternanthera filifolia - N |
Puncture Weed | Tribulus cistoides - N |
Muyuyu | Cordia lutea - N |
Spiny Bush | Scutia spicata var. pauciflora - E |
Saltbush | Cryptocarpus pyriformis - N |
Prickly pear cactus | Opuntia cactaceae - E |
Galapagos lantana | Lantana peduncularis - E |
Galapagos shore petunia | Exodeconus miersii - E |
SITE GALLERY
La Galapaguera
San Cristobal Island
Difficulty: Easy
Landing: Dry landing
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
San Cristobal Island
Difficulty: Easy
Landing: Dry landing
Cerro Brujo
San Cristobal Island
Difficulty: Easy
Landing: Wet landing