Charles Darwin Research Station Puerto Ayora

... group, in age and in home country.  I'm the only American which is nice for me.  We visit the Charles Darwin Research Station... see lots of tortoises sleeping in the sun.  The little hatchlings are the busiest...there are tons of them and ...

... of the day and she was a zombie.  No more Mareol for Shari. After lunch we visited the Charles Darwin Research Station, where we saw more land tortoises in captivity.  This research laboratory is directed by scientists from several ...

... would follow and show just how much better they are at swimming and holding their breath! We also visited the Charles Darwin Research Station where I saw giant tortoises being reared. The most famous resident is Lonesome George,  who is the ...

... show how easy something like that can happen if you don´t get the lowdown first. We also went to the Charles Darwin Research Station where you can see them breeding each variety, from tiny babies to the Giants themselves.  The babies they ...

... nbsp;giant tortoises grazing wild in a field. took lots of pics and then off to puerta ayora, biggest city in the islands. the charles darwin research station is here and they have a baby tortoise breading program and the last remaining of one of the ...

... we successfully transfer to a sea view room, more-or-less insulated from them. Toward dark, we walk along the shore to the Charles Darwin research station, which is still open, walk through it to the sea in a few places, but don't see any wildlife of ...

... , sharks of the white-tip varity, dolphins, swimming with them, sea lions, blue-footed boobies, sunburn, the charles darwin research station, fish of various colours, shapes and sizes, travel agents, travel agents that stalk you, tortoise breeding centre ...

... one of the young sea lions. After about 30 minutes of this fun we headed further along the harbor road towards the Charles Darwin Research station but we were told it was closed. We opted to return to our apartment. We went off later looking for another ...

... , a bronze statue of a giant Galapagos tortoise stands greeting both tourists and locals. Further more blocks down, at Charles Darwin Research Station, I found baby tortoises crawling around and adult tortoises resting in shallow pools (they did not even ...

... and have some lunch. Not wanting to waste our first day, we got Chris to take us over to the Charles Darwin Research Station which is a breeding, research and information centre about the giant tortoises (and conservation on the islands). It's run by ...