Home » Silver Galapagos: San Cristobal to Baltra
Cerro Dragón’s land iguanas once played an important part in
a conservation program headed by the Charles Darwin Foundation and the
Galapagos National Park. When the reptiles’ numbers declined in the
1970s, some animals were taken to breed in captivity and were released
back into undeveloped areas. Today, it is an honor to see the success of
this program firsthand at Cerro Dragón. Walk inland on a trail past
small saltwater lagoons that periodically feature flamingos, to see the
reintroduced animals. In a periodic local phenomenon, during rainier
times the salinity in the lagoons drops with the inflow of freshwater.