Tour Description:

The Plazas del Sur were formed by the lava that flowed from the bottom of the ocean. Despite its small size, it houses a large number of species and is famous for its extraordinary flora. That is why this island is very popular among visitors.

On the steep banks it is possible to see a large number of birds, such as nested tropical birds and swallowtail gulls, but above all, enjoy the beautiful view from the steep banks or stroll along the base of the cliff is an extremely pleasant experience .

In the morning, from 8:00 a.m. At 8:30 a.m., we will pick you up at the hotel you have chosen for your stay in Galapagos.

Then we will take a bus or truck for approximately 45 minutes to the place of the Itabaca Channel, where we will board the ship to navigate the Itabaca Channel towards the South Plazas Island.

South Plaza Island has an area of ​​13 hectares and a height of 25 meters above sea level. The pier is almost always occupied by families of sea lions (males, females with their young), so the guide will land first to scare off the sea lions.

There is a colony of approximately 1000 sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) that inhabit this island, you must walk carefully on rocks covered with sea lion droppings (white guano).

Once the landing is complete, you can start observing the iguanas under the shadow of Opuntia, these land iguanas are among the smallest subspecies of the iguanas that exist in the Galapagos; The iguanas nest during the hot season and throughout the island several hybrid iguanas have been observed, a result of crossing a male marine iguana with a female land iguana.

The path takes us to a steep cliff through the vegetation that belongs to the arid type area and the coastal lines; much of the island is covered with Sesuvium, leather leaf (Maytenus), thorny bushes (Scutia pauciflora) on the sides of the road, there are no trees, but it is covered with a mat or an endemic marine chase rock garden whose Leaves turn red. May to December.

Land iguanas feed on yellow flowers (Portulaca Howelli) from Opuntia. This island is a good place to observe Darwin's finches; Here they inhabit the medium, small area and cactus finches.

The trail reaches a platform of volcanic material, where we find the beach of solitary sea lions well known for a colony of ancient sea lions that have lost their territories, many of which carry scars of fights with other males to maintain their territory or shark bites

Once back, the trail passes behind one of the largest sea lion colonies in the Galapagos Islands, as we mentioned earlier, inhabiting around 1000 sea lions, while males compete with each other to maintain their harem of 20 or so females will place us at a sufficient distance to observe these beautiful sea lions.

Snorkeling is prohibited in the spaces of the island since there are a lot of sea lions.