Charles Darwin Research Station
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Year-round; mornings are cooler for walking the grounds
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The scientific heart of the Galápagos on the edge of Puerto Ayora, run by the Charles Darwin Foundation since the 1960s. Exhibits explain conservation programs, and the adjacent breeding center raises giant tortoises and land iguanas for repatriation to their home islands.
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