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The Galápagos in 3D

Turn the islands, tilt the volcanoes, look into the sea floor, then ride the public ferry from Puerto Ayora to Puerto Villamil.

  • 1,670 mVolcán Wolf
  • 84 kmferry Santa Cruz to Isabela
  • ~2 hon the boat
  • 14visitor sites on the map
Red and ochre lava on the Sierra Negra volcano, Isabela
Photo: BilleBalle1958, CC BY-SA 3.0
Public ferry (OpenStreetMap line) Island flight (straight line, not the flown track) Visitor site Volcano summit Town Airport

Base map: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), tiles by Protomaps; land cover © ESA WorldCover project, contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by the ESA WorldCover consortium (CC BY 4.0). Terrain and sea floor: Mapzen Terrain Tiles on AWS Open Data; SRTM and GMTED2010 terrain data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey; ETOPO1 bathymetry courtesy of NOAA. Ferry lines: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map labels: Noto Sans (SIL Open Font License). Not for navigation. Heights are shown 1.8 times taller than they are, so the low shield volcanoes stand out; summit figures are the real heights.

How to use the map

Drag to move. On a phone, use two fingers to move, pinch to zoom and twist to turn; one finger keeps scrolling the page. With a mouse, right-drag to tilt and turn, and hold Ctrl or Cmd while you scroll to zoom. Tap a line, a dot or an animal for a card with a photo and a link. Every place in the list below has a 3D button that flies the map there, and you can link straight to a place: /explore/#sierra-negra.

The ferry to Isabela

The public speedboat leaves Puerto Ayora at 06:00 and 14:00, runs out past Tortuga Bay and crosses open sea to Puerto Villamil: 84 km on its OpenStreetMap line, about 2 hours. The San Cristóbal boat runs 80 km east, the Floreana boat 64 km south. There is no direct boat between Isabela and San Cristóbal. Ferry times, prices and the seasickness meter.

Volcanoes

Six shield volcanoes make up Isabela and Fernandina. The highest point is Volcán Wolf at 1,670 m; Sierra Negra (1,110 m) is the one you can hike, as a day tour from Puerto Villamil. On Santa Cruz the road from Puerto Ayora climbs into the green highlands, where wild tortoises graze at El Chato. Sierra Negra hike · El Chato tortoise reserve.

The sea floor

The islands sit on a shallow platform. Off its edges the sea floor falls away fast: south of Isabela it reaches about 3,900 m inside the map frame. The ferry to Isabela crosses that deeper, open water, which is why it can be rough. Switch off Sea floor to see the plain water.

Every place on the map

Islands

Towns and airports

Visitor sites

Volcanoes

  • Volcán Wolf 1,670 m
  • Cerro Azul 1,650 m
  • La Cumbre (Fernandina) 1,440 m
  • Volcán Darwin 1,370 m
  • Alcedo 1,130 m
  • Sierra Negra 1,110 m
  • Santiago 890 m
  • Santa Cruz highlands 820 m
  • San Cristóbal highlands 680 m
  • Pinta 610 m

Wildlife spots

Sources:Galápagos National Park and Governing Council. More numbers:facts and figures.

Updated 2026-11-08. Fees, boat times and prices change, so confirm with the operator before you travel.