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San Cristóbal the Best Island in Galápagos

May 27, 2015

San Cristóbal is a great place to be when discovering Galapagos on a budget. It´s a small Island and maybe the best island in Galápagos.  I’m still discussing this with the tourist and the people who have lived around all the three inhabited islands in Galápagos. We all agree that the island is an excellent place to be.

What makes it great? First of all the sea lions are adorable, they are all over the island, you watch them every time of the day and night, whenever you like. They are just the best. San Cristobal is neither to busy or to quiet. Isabella, there is not much to do and Santa Cruz well there are more tourists. In San Cristobal, you get a more local feel for the Island, or that’s the vibe I had there for my 12 days on the island.

San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos

San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos

San Cristóbal The Best Island in Galápagos

San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos, if you are young and one a budget. You can do many things for free and go to the local disco, meet volunteer people and locals. It is not big and very safe. In San Cristóbal you get very close to the fantastic animal life, and that is easy to enjoy.

Animal Life is FREE Watching

Then for a person that is on a budget, you can do a lot of FREE THINGS ON THE ISLAND and still see amazing things. My first day was arriving on the island; and I went snorkeling. I Almost crashed with a sea-lion when entering the water, then went swimming with the sea-lion and played with it for 10 minutes. Sea lions are very elegant and sophisticated underwater, and I looked like a fool swimming next to it. It was so beautiful to play with the sea-lion and swim beside her, and see what she was able to do underwater. Sea lions are rocking underwater yoga, that is for sure.

Then I went on to another beach, and there it was a turtle. I went swimming with that one as well before it went out into the big ocean again. On the beach there were so many black iguanas that were laying and enjoying the sun, I decided to do the same for some time. Ended up watching the Pelicans fishing and the blue-footed boobies landing.

How Much did it cost me to see all this amazing animals life?

  2 US dollars in snorkeling gear. What a great first day.

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Galápagos – Life of Sea lions

San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos

San Cristóbal the Best Bsland in Galápagos

When it comes to be around sea lions everywhere at anytime

San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos

Do not touch the sea lions babies. They get rejected by their moms, and they die. It breaks my heart to see sea lions babies that have to die because a human person had to touch it. Please respect the animal’s life and the baby’s life and not touch them. The baby sea-lion on this picture still has a good life. I have seen babies that will die because of evil human actions.

San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos
San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos

Blue Footed Boobies

Blue footoed Boobies - San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos

Tijeretas – My favorite Bay for Snorkeling

Tijeretas - My favorite place - San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos
Tijeretas - My favorite when snorkeling - San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos
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San Cristóbal the best island in Galápagos
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Pauline
June 12, 2015 at 10:49 PM

Jeg blir gjerne med som guide og turkamerat 🙂



Kjerstin
June 11, 2015 at 8:28 AM

Du kan være med meg som guide du da:-)) Jeg får spare i noen år først..



Pauline
June 11, 2015 at 12:06 AM

Det er fullt mulig for alle alderer 🙂 Så jeg sier at du må dra og så blir jeg med på jentetur 🙂 Hyggelig at du følger med 🙂 Stor klem fra Mexico.



Kjerstin
June 9, 2015 at 2:56 AM

Så utrolig morsomt å lese Pauline:-) Jeg har så veldig lyst å gjøre det samme. Er det mange voksene damer som reiser på sånne turer:-) Stor klem fra en som er en smule misunerlig på deg da.:-))



Pauline
June 4, 2015 at 10:12 PM

Det var jo uheldig. Jeg reiste med ingen turoperatør. Jeg gjorde bare min egen reise. Du kan reise til Santa Cruz, San Cristobal og Isabel uten noen turoperatør. Det er jo mange andre øyer også, da er kanskje eneste mulighet båt. Eventuelt dagsturer til øyene. Har vell egentlig ikke noe godt svar til deg. Borsett fra at du må google enda mer og se om du finner flere turoperatører, eller eventuelt dra dit og kanskje er heldig å finner en last minut cruise. Det er jo kjedelig om man ikke finner det og det er det man ønsker (Å være på båttur). Lykke til!!! 🙂 Håper du finner en løsning.



Pauline
June 4, 2015 at 10:08 PM

Ja det var veldig spennendes og snorkle med dem, de var veldig lekne! På et tidspunkt så prøvde den å svømme etter svømmeføttene mine. Veldig morsomt, men også litt skummelt om den skulle bite av foten min. Det gikk veldig bra, sjøløvene er rocke stjerner under vatn, det er bare heilt fantastiske 🙂



Pauline
June 4, 2015 at 10:06 PM

Uansette Elisa du kommer til å få en fantatisk reise 🙂 Jeg storkoser meg 🙂



Eventyrlyst
June 2, 2015 at 3:59 PM

Sjekket mulighetene for Galápagos nå i sommer, men alle cruisene som gikk til øyene jeg vil til var utsolgt. Hvilken turoperatør reiser du med, og hvor lang tid i forveien bestilte du?



Hamaca Reiseblogg
May 28, 2015 at 3:11 PM

Oi, så kult at du kan snorkle så nære sjøløvene! Det må ha vært litt av en opplevelse. De er jo ikke akkurat smådyr heller 😉



GlobetrotterElisa
May 28, 2015 at 3:32 AM

Nå begynner det å krible bra hos meg…. Det er bare 20 dager til det er min tur, og slike bilder som dette får meg bare til å glede meg enda mer!!! Desverre skal jeg ikke innom denne øya.



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