Puerto Grande
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Puerto Grande
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SITE OVERVIEW
Puerto Grande is a well-protected little cove with a beautiful white sand beach suitable for swimming, birdwatching, or stretching your legs with a walk along the scenic coastline. Hermit crabs are a very common sight here, covering the area near the lagoons behind the beach. The cove is also a blue-footed booby feeding area. Occasionally you can find a sea lion or two lazily resting on the beach, making for a picture-perfect moment.
| Destination | San Cristobal Island |
| Activities | • Beach • Snorkeling • Camping |
| Inhabitants | No |
| Type of Landing | Wet landing |
| Tours Allowed | Land based |
LOCATION
FAUNA
| Brown pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis - ES |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 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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Difficulty: Easy
Landing: Wet or dry landings
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Landing: Dry landing
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Difficulty: Easy
Landing: Dry landing