Tortuga Bay
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Tortuga Bay is located on the Santa Cruz Island, about a 20-minute water-taxi ride from the main water taxi dock in Puerto Ayora. There is also a walking path about 1.55 miles long. Tortuga Bay has a
Panoramic of the beach of Tortuga Bay.
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Opuntia echios on the path to the bay
Walking path to Tortuga Bay (almost at the beach)
Marine iguana
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The marine iguana, also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands. Unique among modern lizards, it is a marine r
Tortuga Bay
…walking path about 1.55 miles (2,490 m) long. Tortuga Bay has a large 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 swimming is allowed and it is common to view Whitetip…
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
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A hybrid iguana, the result of interbreeding between a marine iguana and a Galápagos land iguana
A. c. albemarlensis on Isabela Island (a synonym of A. c. cristatus based on the 2017 review)