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Puerto Ayora has the best developed infrastructure in the archipelago. The larger of the two Galápagos banks, Banco del Pacifico, is located in Puerto Ayora. The walkable downtown area of Puerto Ayora is a small strip of hotels, restaurants, tour companies, gift shops, clothing stores, marine stores, tourist shops and night clubs.
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. [1] [2] There is also a walking path, which 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 ...
The section on Santa Cruz is 48.6 kilometres (30.2 mi) long, running from the northern tip of the island through the city of Puerto Ayora and intersecting Avenida Padre Julio Herrera. From Puerto Ayora, the highway runs eastward along the Via Playa El Garrapatero to the El Garrapatero beach.
Map of Ecuador. This is a list of cities in Ecuador. List. Alphabetical. Ambato ... Puerto Ayora; Puerto Baquerizo Moreno; Puerto El Carmen de Putumayo; Puerto López;
Water taxi in Puerto Ayora (2011) Seymour Airport on Baltra (2013) Options for air travel to the Galápagos are limited to two islands: San Cristobal (San Cristóbal Airport) and Baltra (Seymour Airport). [72] Private aircraft must use Baltra as it is the airport equipped with overnight plane accommodations.
The island's original Spanish name was San Clemente Island [2] (Isla or Ysla San Clemente) [3] in honor of St. Clement.This was changed to Bolivia Island (Isla Bolivia) in honor of the South American revolutionary hero Simón Bolívar upon the islands' annexation by Ecuador in 1832 [citation needed] and then to Santa Cruz ([ˈsanta ˈkɾus], "Holy Cross") in reference to the cross upon which ...
Road map of Ecuador (Spanish). Highway in Cashapamba, Pichincha.Part of E35. The primary highways of Ecuador are designated with both a name and an alphanumeric designation. . The highway designations begin with the letter E followed by a number on a shield that looks like the ones of the USA interstate highw
Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) (Spanish: Estación Científica Charles Darwin, ECCD) is a biological research station in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador. [1] The station is operated by the Charles Darwin Foundation which was founded in 1959 under the auspices of UNESCO and the World Conservation Union. [2]