Santa Cruz is the second largest and most developed of all the islands in the archipelago. Baltra airport to the north handles most Galápagos flights and with a population in excess of 10,000, Puerto Ayora is the island’s main town. Visit the Charles Darwin Research Station, home to different Giant Tortoise subspecies.

North of Baltra, North Seymour is not a volcanic island and consequently the landscape here is different to the rest of the archipelago. It is home to Magnificent Frigatebirds, sea-lions and
Marine Iguanas.