Iguana Crossing Isabella Island Galapagos
My son and spent 5 days here before we left for a week on the Aggressor for a week of diving. I wanted to expand our experience to include more than just live aboard diving.
First, getting here is grueling. After a flight into Baltra, you take a "taxi" to Santa Cruz and then taken a rough boat ride to Isabela. Once there, the ride is only five minutes to the Iguana Crossing Hotel. The hotel is spectacular--right on the beach with a beautiful view. The Junior Suite that we had was one of the nicest resorts that we have ever stayed at anywhere. If you have a family, you will never have a better experience anywhere. The resort had wireless, but not very good. Best to use it early in the morning before people wake up.
The food was good, but pretty limited. We walked into town one night and had a nice meal for a very good price. I would recommend this option.
We did a variety of activities, the best being a hike to the top of the volcano and a boat ride to Tunneles. On the way there, we saw dozens of mantas doing barrel rolls on the surface. Wow. We went snorkeling there and a couple of other locations along the southern coast of Isabella. We also saw flamingos which were close by to the hotel. Very cool.
We went diving once along the southern coast and saw a few sharks and rays. It was all very fun. I would recommend that you spend 3 to 5 days here.
