The key islands for island-hopping are Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal and Isabela. You can stay overnight on any of these islands or all three, using them as your starting points for daily excursions.

Additionally, thanks to its central position within the Galápagos, Santa Cruz stands as an optimal gateway to other populated islands. You can catch daily ferries to Isabela and San Cristóbal ...

The San Lorenzo River, with its source near Castle Rock State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains, runs 29.3 miles through the towns of Boulder Creek, Ben Lomond, Felton and the city of Santa Cruz ...

PROTECTION STATUS: San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands foxes delisted, and Santa Catalina Island foxes duly downlisted from endangered to threatened, in 2016 YEAR LISTED: In 2004 all four ...