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The largest of the Galapagos Islands, Isabela is one of the most volcanically active places in the world. Whether this is thrilling or terrifying is up to you. It doesn’t seem to bother the iguanas and penguins of Las Tintoreras, a nearby island cluster and popular snorkeling site. Walk from Puerto Villamil through mangrove forests and saltwater lagoons to reach the Tortoise Breeding Center. Isabela was once used as an exile for prisoners, who built the devastating Wall of Tears as part of their punishment.
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1. Paddle To The Penguins
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5.0 based on 126 reviews
We are a kayak/rental shop working in the heart of Isabela Island, Galapagos offering the best Kayak/SUP snorkel tours, Tuneles snorkeling tour, Surf lessons, Volcano hike, Highlands tours, and much more. We rent surfboards, bikes, snorkel/mask/fins, and beach games.
2. Galapagos Native Tour Operator
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5.0 based on 16 reviews
We are a tourism operator agency located in Puerto Villamil, on Isabela Island, Galapagos. We have more than 30 years of experience characterized by our service and hospitality. We have tourist operation throughout the Galapagos, every day, all year.
3. Pahoehoe Galapagos Tours
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5.0 based on 291 reviews
Pahoehoe Galapagos Tours offers Galapagos Island Hopping and Isabela Day Tours so you can visit all of Galapagos's most popular locations, as well as it’s best kept secrets. We are proud to say Pahoehoe Galapagos Tours has a perfect safety record and has had zero incidents in our 10 year history. Pahoehoe Galapagos Tours have been fully certified as a tour operator by the Ministerio de Turismo and the Ecuadorian government.
4. Galapagos Bike & Surf
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5.0 based on 113 reviews
We are a group of young individuals with a love of nature, ocean and life on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. We have been serving adventurous and curious tourists for more than 10 years with unique experiences enjoying the beauties and riches of Isabela Island. Galapagos Bike and Surf was created in 2000 as “Carapachudo Tours”, with the idea of allowing visitors to explore and discover the remote and magical sites on the most pristine island of the Galapagos, in a variety of ways. Passionate about adventurous sports, we strive every day to offer the best conditions to practice surfing, SUP (Stand Up Paddle Boarding), kayaking, snorkeling, trekking, and mountain biking.
5. Concha de Perla
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4.5 based on 943 reviews
Reviewed By StorkRN1 - Roseville, United States
Our tour group of 3 went snorkeling here late morning and it was fantastic! You have to walk over marine iguanas and sea lions on the boardwalk to the cove! Not super clear water like in Hawaii, but once I got used to it, I saw more and more! We saw sea turtles, bat rays, tons of fish, chocolate chip sea stars, a sleeping marble ray, about 60 black-tipped reef sharks, hundreds of sardines/mackerels(?), marine iguanas swimming (which is really cool to watch), and sea lions swimming with us! Amazing! I had a free afternoon the next day and went back. It was a little choppier, but still saw quite a bit! Didn't see nearly as much in the other 3 spots I snorkeled in the Galapagos as I did here!
6. Las Tintoreras
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4.5 based on 865 reviews
Reviewed By Hazel42
We enjoyed this guided tour hiking through lava formations and then snorkeling in the bay, where we saw sea lions, sea turtles, reef fish and baby sharks.
7. Scuba Galapagos
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4.5 based on 37 reviews
We are delighted to have the opportunity of hosting you. Our main and most important goal is to provide a safe, friendly, efficient and professional service that will make your naturalist cruise visit to Galapagos a very enjoyable, pleasant and memorable experience.
8. Centro de Crianza Arnaldo Tupiza
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4.5 based on 485 reviews
Reviewed By Caramw - London, United Kingdom
A little path takes you past enclosures of adult tortoises (50-120yrs) - the breeding groups which are helping to repopulate Isabela island. They all hang out quite close to the path, so you can see them relatively close up, and if you visit on Monday, Wednesday or Friday mornings (feeding days), you can see them munching away on giant ‘Elephant Ear’ leaves! It’s great to see the conservation efforts up close for this endangered and critically endangered species, and a quick chat to the park rangers gave us the information we needed (the signage could do with improvement!) There are 2 species at the centre; some of them were rescued when a volcano erupted, others rescued from farms where humans tied them up by their back legs as ‘pets’ - their legs subsequently got gangrene and sadly had to be cut off. The centre does a good job of providing a safe and healthy living environment for these gentle giants while they get the population back up to where it needs to be. We also saw the juveniles 3–5 years in the middle, which are getting ready for release in the wild. Unfortunately you can’t see the babies up close due to security measures (you can see these better in the Darwin Centre in Santa Cruz). The museum area is a little tired, though I hear they have plans to renovate. Also loved the walkway to get here, past flamingoes and marine iguanas swimming in the wetlands. A great (and free) way to spend a few hours on Isabela.
9. Rosedelco- Day tour
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4.5 based on 108 reviews
We are a family Tourist Operator with 3 years in the market, offering our services to all world travelers and publicizing the wonders of our beautiful Isabela Island in its entirety. Tour Operator Rosedelco provides and meets all the expectations of our Travelers to meet your needs and comfort, professional staff able to address your concerns and share the information necessary for the customer is satisfied in a wonderful place through our services. For us it is a pleasure to serve the customer at all times with the highest standards of security to enjoy our beautiful and enchanted Galapagos Islands.
10. Isabela Island Wetlands Complex
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4.5 based on 86 reviews
Reviewed By DwjTay - Niagara Falls, Canada
This is a great walk over to the tortoise sanctuary and on the way you will see iguanas, flamingos, and lots of other birds.
