The Plazas Island is situated off the east coast of Santa Cruz and actually comprises two smaller islands: North and South Plaza. Our visitors will disembark on South Plaza.

Tour Description:

You will go on a bus ride (approx. 40 min) to the Itabaca Channel in the morning, where you will board a comfortable day-tour boat. After about 50 minutes you will have a dry landing on the colourful island of South Plaza. Your guide will take you on a trail through the big Opuntia cactus forest which home to a huge population of land iguanas that feed on the fruits of the Opuntia cactus. If you are lucky, you can find a rare land-marine hybrid iguana!

On the coastline of South Plaza you will find a colony of sealions hanging and playing around!Along the cliffs you will see many different sea birds, such as swallow-tailed gulls, red-pilled tropic birds, frigate birds and more.

Back on board you will be served lunch, as you will continue to navigate towards Punta Carrion to snorkel with sealions.