Tortuga Bay
Tortuga Bay is [1] located on the Santa Cruz Island, about a 20-minute walk from the main water taxi dock in Puerto Ayora.[2] The walking path is 1.55 miles (2,490 m) and is open from six in the morning to six in the evening. Visitors must sign in and out at the start of the path with the Galapagos Park Service office. Tortuga Bay has a gigantic, perfectly preserved beach that is forbidden to swimmers and is preserved for the wildlife where many marine iguanas, galapagos crabs and birds are seen dotted along the volcanic rocks. There is a separate cove where you can swim where it is common to view white tip reef sharks[3] swimming in groups & on occasion tiger sharks [4]
There are always a large variety of small fish, birds, including the brown pelican and gigantic galápagos tortoise. The Galápagos Islands were discovered in 1535, but first appeared on the maps, of Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius, in about 1570.[5] The islands were named "Insulae de los Galopegos" (Islands of the Tortoises) in reference to the giant tortoises found there.[6][7][nb 1]
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Tortuga Bay Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG
Tortuga Bay Galapagos
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Opuntia echios, isla Santa Cruz, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-26, DD 20.JPG
Opuntia echios in the way to the bay.
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Walking path to Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG
Walking path to Tortuga Bay (almost at the beach).
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Galapagos brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) in Tortuga Bay.
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Galapagos brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) in Tortuga Bay.
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Iguana marina (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Bahía Tortuga, isla Santa Cruz, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-26, DD 30.JPG
Closeup of a marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) in Tortuga Bay.
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Iguanas marinas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Bahía Tortuga, isla Santa Cruz, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-26, DD 29.JPG
Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on the beach at Tortuga Bay.
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Galapagos Island of Santa Cruz - Tortuga Bay Marine Iguana.JPG
(Amblyrhynchus cristatus) in Tortuga Bay.
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(Pacific Ocean), Tortuga Bay is located on the Santa Cruz Island.JPG
Tortuga Bay Volcanic Rocks.
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Lava rocks on Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos a photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG
Volcanic Rocks & Grapsus grapsus Galapagos crabs (Tortuga Bay).
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Persona enterrada en bahía Tortuga, isla Santa Cruz, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-26, DD 31.JPG
Tourist in the beach.
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- Galapagos Nacional Park, Tortuga Bay http://www.galapagospark.org/sitio.php?page=bahia_tortuga ecuador-travel.net
- Tortuga Bay, Galapagos http://www.ecuador-travel.net/galapagos.site.tortugabay.htm
- Galapagos Nacional Park on galapagos.org http://www.galapagos.org
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- ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/news/visit-the-galapagos-islands-but-tread-lightly-on-natures-construction-site/story-fnglekhp-1227463418157 Visit Tortuga Bay , Santa Cruz Island, Puerto Ayora Galapagos Islands, but tread lightly on ‘nature’s construction site’
- ↑ http://m.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=11491237 On Santa Cruz, the walkable downtown area of Puerto Ayora is a small strip of hotels, restaurants, tour companies and gift shops at Tortuga Bay , Santa Cruz Island, Puerto Ayora Galapagos
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- ↑ http://traveller24.news24.com/Explore/Islands/Top-10-islands-number-one-might-surprise-you-20150714 Tortuga Bay Puerto Ayora Galapagos Islands,
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