Santa Fe Island

SITE OVERVIEW

Santa Fe Island lies in the center of the Galapagos archipelago, southeast of Santa Cruz Island. The land iguanas, which are an endemic subspecies of the Galapagos land iguana, are a unique quality of this island. Look out for the endemic rice rats that can be seen roaming through the underbrush. During your walk make time to admire the large prickly pear cactuses that line portions of the trail. And finally, share a photographic moment with the sea lions resting and congregating at the beach.

Destination	Santa Fe Island
Activities	Hiking, kayaking, deep water snorkeling, dinghy ride
Inhabitants	No
Type of Landing	Wet landing
Tours Allowed	Land based or cruise ship

LOCATION

FAUNA

Short eared owl	Asio flammeus galapagoensis - ES
Small ground finch	Geospiza fuliginosa - E
Marine iguana	Amblyrhynchus cristatus - E
Santa Fe land iguana	Conolophus Pallidus
Santa Fe rice rat	Aegialomys galapagoensis - E
Galapagos sea lion	Zalophus wollebaeki - E
Galapagos hawk	Buteo galapagoensis - E
Whitetip reef shark	Triaenodon obesus - N
Galapagos shark	Carcharhinus galapagensis - E
Medium ground finch	Geospiza fortis - E
Cactus ground finch	Geospiza scandens -E
Small tree finch	Camarhynchus parvulus - E
Warbler finch	Certhidea olivacea - E
Ghost crab	Ocypode gaudichaudii - N
Sally lightfoot crab	Grapsus grapsus - N
Central Galapagos racer snake	Alsophis biseralis dorsalis -E

FLORA

Galapagos lantana	Lantana peduncularis - E
Leatherleaf	Maytenus octogona - N
Muyuyu	Cordia lutea - N
Palo santo	Bursera_graveolens - N
Prickly pear cactus	Opuntia cactaceae - E
Heller's scalesia	Scalesia helleri - E
Galapagos bitterbush	Castela galapageia - E
Saltbush	Cryptocarpus pyriformis - N
Spiny Bush	Scutia spicata var. pauciflora - E
Galapagos croton or chala	Croton scouleri - E
Feather fingergrass	Chloris virgata -N
Velvet shrub	Waltheria ovata -N