Puerto Ayora

Hotel Santa Cruz
Approximately $15

One of the cheapest hotels in town, but it has little else going for it. Rooms have private bathrooms with cold water.

B&B Peregrina
Av. Charles Darwin

Clean rooms have air-conditioning and a private bathroom with hot shower. A small breakfast is included in the price.

Hotel Fernandina
$90+ including tax and breakfast
Casa del Lago
Near the Ninfas lake, Puerto Ayora
~$70

A small artistic lodging house and restaurant. Rooms include well stocked kitchen with refrigerators.

Red Mangrove Aventura Lodge
Av. Charles Darwin y Las Fragatas
(593 5) 2526 564

Built inside a mangrove forest in front of the sea between the bustle of downtown and the Charles Darwin Research Station...5-minute walk to either. Luxurious rooms, friendly English speaking staff, eco-conscience, restaurant with sushi, day tours, dive tours, and island hopping with lodges on Isabela and Floreana.

Finch Bay Galapagos Eco Hotel
(593-5) 2526297 or (593-5) 2526298
$250+

Unique location and friendly staff. Numerous activities to choose from, such as SCUBA diving, snorkeling, mountain biking and PADI diving programs.

Semilla Verde Guest House
Km 12, via a Baltra
00 593 87 103 006
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

An ecologically sound alternative to a hotel in downtown Puerto Ayora. Boutique-style guesthouse set in five hectares of private cloud forest, with nature trails, wild Galapagos giant tortoises and native birdlife. Very few guest bedrooms ensure privacy and intimacy. Pure Pacific rainwater showers and drinking water, hot water, biodegradable soaps. Native English speaking owner. Unique Trip Design service. Website www.gps.ec / Contact [email protected]