Cerro Tijeretas

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Cerro Tijeretas

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Site Location

San Cristobal Island

Activity Level

Easy

Duration

2 hours

SITE OVERVIEW

Hike to the top of Cerro Tijeretas with a naturalist guide on this one-hour walk. The summit reaches 650 feet above sea level and provides scenic views of Wreck Bay to one side and the town of Baquerizo Moreno on the other. Charles Darwin landed on this island on September 16, 1835, during his only trip to the Galapagos. Cerro Tijeretas translates to Scissor Hill, named after the scissor-shaped tails of the frigatebirds that nest in the area. Here you can observe both magnificent and great frigatebirds, along with endemic creatures like mockingbirds and lava lizards.

Destination San Cristobal Island
Activities • Snorkeling
• Hiking
Inhabitants No
Type of Landing Wet landing
Tours Allowed Land based or cruise ship

LOCATION

FAUNA

Blue footed booby Sula nebouxii - ES
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
Candelabra cactus Jasminocereus Thouarsii - E

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