Isabela Island Activities
Enjoy a wide range of activities around the beautiful Galapagos Islands.
VOLCANO FAT BIKE TOUR
Effort: Moderate
Highlights: Experience the foothills of Sierra Negra Volcano and its surroundings on our fantastic bicycles
Duration: 4h
What to bring: light non-cotton clothes, sun hat, water, walking shoes, sunblock, camera.
Our new exclusive adventure in Isabela Island, the first highland mountain biking on the foothills of Sierra Negra Volcano. We start driving from the coast of Puerto Villamil to the highlands where we´ll start next to the farmlands. Here we´ll find tropical fruit plantations and some cattle ranches. At the end of the agriculture zone, we´ll enter into the place where the single track is. The next 10kms are the best part of our two wheels’ adventure; in this portion, we´ll see some native, endemic and introduce vegetation. If on the island we are in tropical fruits seasons, our guides will make you taste the best fresh fruit. After our first 4km on the single track, we´ll find a crater, that actually is an old empty magma chamber of Sierra Negra volcano eruptions. If we have good luck in the last part of this single track ride is possible to see giant tortoises in the wild, vermilion flycatchers and Galapagos hawk the mail predator in the archipelago. At the end of our single track, we will be again in the farmlands close to the end that is El Mango lookout from where we can see the coast and some surround islands. If we´ll be with extra energy, we can continue riding to Puerto Villamil where the tour will finish.
ISABELA´S HIGHLANDS BIKING TOUR
Effort: Moderate
Highlights: Experience the Isabela´s amazing highlands by riding through an authentic path created by our adventurous guides.
Duration: 3h
What to bring: light non-cotton clothes, sun hat, walking shoes, camera.
We depart from our bike shop in Puerto Villamil to the highlands where the farmlands are. Once in the mountains, we´ll ride our bike through tropical fruit crops like bananas, mango, passion fruit, and citrus fruits. In the way, to Puerto Villamil, there are the volcanic formation and one of them is La Cueva de Sucre, this a natural volcanic cave that we´ll visit, this is a 60mts deep lava tunnel in the middle of a beautiful native forest. After this interesting visit to the bowels of the earth, we´ll go downhill following the nice farm roads, our next stop is in one of the farms that we have in the highlands of Isabela, here we´ll walk around the property and a farm worker will explain us about the local production. This farm is located in the area where the tortoises of this side of the island live. At the end of our walk, we can enjoy a cup of local organic coffee. Finally, we´ll ride a little-paved road ride to El Mango lookout where our adventure will finish.
MURO DE LAS LAGRIMAS MOUNTAIN BIKE TOUR
Effort: Moderate
Highlights: Visit El Muro de las lágrimas with your bike, the site of a former penal colony during the 1940s and 1950s. Its name, Wall of Tears, was aptly given due to the harsh conditions under which the prisoners were made to construct the wall by hand.
Duration: 3h
What to bring: light non-cotton clothes, sun hat, walking shoes, camera.
This biking adventure will start in Puerto Villamil, from our office we embark on a bike ride that will take us through a wide variety of environments and ecosystems. Along the way, we’ll pass through white sand beaches, mangrove forests and brackish lagoons, and a lava tube cave. As we ride, we’ll pass giant tortoises, flamingos, and other wildlife. At the end of our ride, we arrive at El Muro de las Lagrimas (the Wall of Tears). When Isabela was used as a penal colony, prisoners were forced to construct this towering wall of lava rocks for no other reason than to keep them distracted from the madness of isolation. Finally, after our stop, we´ll take our bikes to ride to town.
