The small island (area of 24 sq km ) is located halfway from Santa Cruz to San Cristobal.
It can be reached from Santa Cruz, by the boat within 2,5 hours. As it is wet landing area, the boats usually anchor in the bay and visitors reach the shore with panga.
The island is relatively flat in the comparison to the rest volcanic isles, as it was formed rather by an uplift.
The name of the island has been recently changed to Santa Fe after the Spanish town.
The part of the island is occupied by the the largest in Galapagos forest of Opuntia Cactus, a tree similar. but bigger than the American prickly pear.
Santa Fe is home to a number of endemic species including Galapagos Hawk, Galapagos Snake, Mockingbirds and land iguanas, which are the largest in Galapagos and more brownish than the other.
On the beach there are the colonies of Sea Lions, which form a female group of 25-30 cows leaded by the big male ‘bull’.
These mammals are found all over the Galapagos Islands and by friendly nature became one of the highlights of a visit there.
They love to play with visitors, who can find the Santa Fe harbour a perfect spot for snorkeling with sea lion pups , providing that they would not get too close to the head of the colony,
who harmlessly chases the intruders out of his territory.
The other species found there are Yellow Warblers , Darwin Finches and some lava lizards.