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Tortuga Bay is located on the Santa Cruz Island, about a 20-minute walk from the main water taxi dock in Puerto Ayora. The walking path is 1.55 miles (2,490 m) and is open from six in the morning to six in the evening. Visitors must sign in and out at the start of the path with the Galapagos Park Service office. Toruga Bay has a gigantic, perfectly preserved beach that is forbidden to swimmers and is preserved for the wildlife where many iguanas, crabs and birds are seen dotted along the lava rocks. There is a separate cove where you can swim where it is common to view whitetip reef sharks swimming in groups, small fish, birds, and gigantic turtles.

Additional images

Start of the Walking path to Tortuga Bay
Walking path to Tortuga Bay with the Pacific Ocean in view
End of the Walking path to Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos Island of Santa Cruz
Iguana on the beach at Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos on the Island of Santa Cruz
Iguana on the beach at Tortuga Bay
Lava rocks on Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos
Crab walking on the beach at Tortuga Bay
Grapsus grapsus Multi Color Crab walking on the lava rocks on Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos
Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos showing Lava Rocks and the Surf
A gigantic galapagos tortuga next to the walking path to Tortuga Bay

References

Galapagos Nacional Park, Tortuga Bay http://www.galapagospark.org/sitio.php?page=bahia_tortuga ecuador-travel.net
Tortuga Bay, Galapagos http://www.ecuador-travel.net/galapagos.site.tortugabay.htm
Galapagos Nacional Park on galapagos.org http://www.galapagos.org

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-'''Tortuga Bay''' is located on the [[Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)|Santa Cruz Island]], about a 20-minute walk from the main [[water taxi]] dock in [[Puerto Ayora]].  The walking path is {{convert|1.55|mi|m}} and is open from six in the morning to six in the evening.  Visitors must sign in and out at the start of the path with the Galapagos Park Service office.  Toruga Bay has a gigantic, perfectly preserved beach that is forbidden to swimmers and is preserved for the wildlife where many [[iguana]]s, [[crab]]s and [[bird]]s are seen dotted along the [[volcanic rock|lava rocks]].  There is a separate cove where you can swim where it is common to view [[whitetip reef shark]]s swimming in groups, small fish, birds, and gigantic [[turtle]]s.
+'''Tortuga Bay''' is located on the [[Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)|Santa Cruz Island]], about a 20-minute walk from the main [[water taxi]] dock in [[Puerto Ayora]].  The walking path is {{convert|1.55|mi|m}} and is open from six in the morning to six in the evening.  Visitors must sign in and out at the start of the path with the [[Galapagos Park Service]] office.  Toruga Bay has a gigantic, perfectly preserved beach that is forbidden to swimmers and is preserved for the wildlife where many [[iguana]]s, [[crab]]s and [[bird]]s are seen dotted along the [[volcanic rock|lava rocks]].  There is a separate cove where you can swim where it is common to view [[whitetip reef shark]]s swimming in groups, small fish, birds, and gigantic [[turtle]]s.
 [[File:Tortuga Bay Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG|thumb|Tortuga Bay Galapagos]]