Highlands: Twin Craters, Lava Tunnels and Tortoise Ranch

  • Price$165per person
  • IslandSanta CruzGalapagos
  • TypeDay toursee times
  • Starts14:30local time

14:30 - 17:30 (approximate return)

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Overview

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.

Pick-up from your hotel at 14:30 for the drive up from the coast into the humid highland forest.

First stop is Los Gemelos (Twin Craters), two large volcanic collapses ringed by Scalesia forest. Next are the lava tunnels, formed thousands of years ago by old volcanic flows.

The last stop is a private ranch where giant tortoises roam free, and you watch them up close in their own habitat among farmland and highland vegetation. Return to Puerto Ayora at approximately 17:30.

Highlights

  • Los Gemelos (Twin Craters)
  • Walk inside a lava tunnel
  • Giant tortoises on a highland ranch
  • Scalesia forest and farmland

On this trip

Wildlife you may see

Sightings change with the season and the sea. Your guide knows where to look.

  • Giant tortoises

Good to know

Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Puerto Ayora.

From

$165USD / per person

  • Santa Cruz
  • 14:30 - 17:30 (approximate return)
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  • Locally owned, based in Puerto Ayora
  • Certified National Park naturalist guides
  • You book directly with the local operator

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Jacqueline Ojeda and Jorge Jaramillo of Pristine Galapagos