El Barranco, also known as Prince Philips Steps is a trail carved on volcanic rock that leads up to a cliff, with a trail of about 1.5 km in length it can be covered usual in about 2 hours. The cliff other then offering a scenic views also serves as a nesting site in the lava cavities for Petrels, with an estimated of over 200.000 pairs of Galapagos Petrels, also present is the red footed booby, short eared owl among other.