Hiking and Biking

Land days on foot and on two wheels: volcano rims, lava fields, highland trails and coastal rides, with a certified naturalist guide.

Hiking and biking tours

From the Sierra Negra crater to the Wall of Tears and the ride out to El Garrapatero.

The white sand and turquoise water of Tortuga Bay
Day tour

From $140 per person

Santa Cruz
  • Half day

A 50-minute walk from Puerto Ayora through native vegetation brings you to Tortuga Bay's white sand and clear water. Kayak the calm side at Playa Mansa and snorkel straight off the beach.

A giant tortoise in the green highlands of Santa Cruz
Day tour

From $165 per person

Santa Cruz

An afternoon in the green interior of Santa Cruz: the two collapsed craters at Los Gemelos, a walk inside a lava tunnel, and giant tortoises in the open on a highland ranch.

Cyclists on the road out to El Garrapatero
Day tour

From $295 per person

Santa Cruz

Ride down from Cerro Mesa to El Garrapatero beach, about 19 km from Puerto Ayora, with time to snorkel. Finish at a trapiche to see how sugar cane spirit and coffee are made by hand.

Walkers crossing the volcanic ground of Sierra Negra
Day tour

From $120 per person

Isabela

The fumaroles and sulfur deposits on the flank of Sierra Negra, in a dry tropical landscape of birds, tortoises and iguanas.

The wide caldera of Sierra Negra
Day tour

From $125 per person

Isabela

Sierra Negra rises 1,124 m above sea level, 22 km from Puerto Villamil. Horses skirt the eastern rim of the caldera to Los Jaboncillos, and from there it is on foot to Volcan Chico and the Sulfur mines.

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White sand beach with a green mangrove islet, bathers and blue sky
Day tour

From $125 per person

Isabela
  • Half day

A half day walking out of Puerto Villamil past 2.5 km of white-sand beach, lagoons and mangroves to the lava wall built by prisoners of Isabela's penal colony between 1946 and 1959.

Walking through a lava tunnel in the Isabela highlands
Day tour

From $205 per person

Isabela

An excursion into a volcanic area of Isabela shaped by lava fields and rock formations, where different ecosystems have taken hold on the old flows.

A sea lion at the edge of the water
Day tour

From $142 per person

San Cristobal

A natural beach on San Cristobal where sea lion colonies rest on the sand and rocks, with marine iguanas and seabirds along a quiet stretch of coast.

The El Junco crater lagoon surrounded by green forest
Day tour

From $200 per person

San Cristobal

Three sites in the highlands and on the far coast of San Cristobal: the freshwater lake of El Junco inside a volcanic crater, giant tortoises at the Galapaguera, and the white sand of Puerto Chino.

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