Santa Cruz island
Lazy day just arriving from Guayaquil – capital of Ecuador. We spent a day at closest beach, Tortuga (=Turtle) Bay and started to realize that we were going to see a lot of Iguanas and if lucky maybe some turtles too.
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Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia Cactaceae) is endemic to the Galápagos Islandsis and it is the common food of the Cactus Finch, Land Iguanas and Turtles. It have developed into many separate types ; Opuntia Echios Gigantea grows to a height of 12 m, Opuntia Barringtonensis measures 1.25 m in diameter.
Galapagos 2011 