A Day in the highlands
April 18th 2011 We took a tour today to see the sights of the highlands of Santa Cruz (the largest island in the archipeligo) with our guide Enrique.
First stop was to a farm where we walked to find the Giant Tortoises, endemic to this island. The Santa Cruz tortoise is
known as a dome-shaped tortoise, as evident by the shape of its shell. We found several large wild tortoises, more than 100 years of age. L
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