The origin of the name is unknown. Area: 27 Km2 Maximum Altitude approximately 100 meters above sea level. We will find animals such as land iguanas, marine iguanas and marine turtles.
For most visitors, Baltra is their entry point into the Galapagos. Once a North American airbase, the airlines TAME and Aerogal flies to and from here on a daily basis. From here you will either catch a five minute bus ride to the dock and embark your yacht, or you'll take a bus to the south of the island, a ten minute journey to the channel that separates Baltra and Santa Cruz.
Here a ten minute boat ride brings you to the northern most point on Santa Cruz where a bus will take you across the island arriving forty five minutes later in Puerto Ayora. |
