We had our first lazier morning where everyone was up by 7am(!), but it was nice not have to rush anywhere. After a really nice breakfast at our place, we swam a bit at the place.

A highlight on Santa Cruz is called Las Grietas and it’s a few minute walk from the hotel to its entrance. Once inside, there’s a 30 minute walk to see the “cracks”.

After seeing them, you can then go down and snorkel in water at the base — which we did and saw a bunch of large rainbow parrot fish.

We walked back to the hotel to “practice” snorkeling and had lunch / chilled for a bit.

Then late afternoon headed into Porto Ayora to explore the downtown a bit. The downtown area is quite relaxed and we enjoyed visiting many of the shops, having a bite at a great, outdoor sushi spot (Midori) and dinner at a little spot called the Rock.