A Guided Tour is Best but My Self Guided Tour Late in the Day Was Still Amazing
Reserva Galápagos Frontier的点评
点评:There are several giant tortoise reserves on Isla Santa Cruz with most located in the Highlands region but this is the closest to the town of Puerto Ayora. I had limited time on Santa Cruz before heading off to other islands and it didn't work out with the timing to book one of their guided tours as the latest is at 2pm and I couldn't get out there until 430pm after returning from a snorkeling excursion. However, Julio César was wonderfully helpful and arranged for me to have a self guided tour of the grounds late in the afternoon and even offered to arrange for a taxi to pick me up from my hotel and return me to the town. It was about a 20 minute taxi ride from Puerto Ayora. I had easily found a taxi to get me out there but it was necessary to arrange for the taxi ride back and his assistance was very much appreciated. Although I missed out on a chance to learn a lot from a guided tour, it was still a wonderful experience wandering around the grounds as I was the only visitor there and it was just me and nature and up close encounters with the giant tortoises. I found about 20 tortoises and although they are not very active at this time of day, it was still amazing. The grounds keeper who was present pointed the direction to the short lava cave which I was also able to visit as well.
翻译:圣克鲁斯岛上有几处巨龟保护区,大多数都位于高地地区,而这一处离 Puerto Ayora 镇最近。在前往其他岛屿之前,我在圣克鲁斯岛上能停留的时间有限;由于他们提供的导览服务最晚从下午2点才开始,而我参加完浮潜活动后要等到下午4点半才能赶到,因此没能成功预约导览服务。不过……胡里奥·塞萨尔非常乐于助人:他安排我在傍晚时分进行自由参观,甚至还主动提出安排出租车接送我往返于酒店与小镇之间。从 Puerto Ayora 到那里乘坐出租车大约需要20分钟。我原本很容易就能叫到车前往那里,但回程的用车则需要事先安排,因此他的帮助实在难能可贵。虽然如此,我还是错失了通过导游讲解来增长见识的良机。虽然当时是下午,这些巨龟并不太活跃,但能近距离接触它们仍然令人惊叹不已。我一共发现了约20只巨龟。当时在现场的园丁还指给我看那条短小的熔岩洞的方向,我也得以参观了那里。