South Plaza is one of the smallest sites cruises visit, walkable in under an hour, but it packs in a surprising amount, including a genuine land and marine iguana hybrid found only here.
A carpet of low, fleshy sesuvium turns the island a striking red for much of the year, especially in the drier months.
Occasional offspring of land and marine iguana parents have been recorded here, a genuine oddity found nowhere else.
Nesting along the clifftop, these are the world's only nocturnal gull, hunting squid by night out at sea.
Three islands, comfy hotels, and a different adventure every day.
South Plaza sits just off Santa Cruz, too small to show separately at this scale, so the map highlights Santa Cruz as its nearest large neighbour.
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