Lobos Island

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Lobos Island

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Site Location

San Cristobal Island

Activity Level

Moderate

Duration

2 hours

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

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