The center has a couple of buildings with exhibits and lots of information about their work. That's pretty great in and of itself, but the tortoises are the big attraction. The Giant Tortoises are amazing and you can view several older tortoises (the big ones)...More

Loved seeing the animals and reading about the research that is being done on the Galapagos. I did not go with a tour but wish I had as tour guides had lots of interesting information. Because there were so many guides, I often heard their...More

When we visited, we were super excited to visit this place and thought it would take hours and we ended up staying maybe 45 minutes to an hour. There are some exhibits about the finches and different animals but it was very disappointing for what...More

Really educational!! This was one of the highlights of my Galapagos trip. Informative, good exhibits in English, nice little t-shirt shop. It was quite a walk from our hotel but was worth it. A traveler would be remiss to visit this island and not go...More

A must do when in the Galapagos. A morning or afternoon is a good amount of time to see everything, more if you can spare the time.

Our two daughters (6 & 8), husband and I really enjoyed our visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station. This is a great place to learn about Galapagos tortoises. It's an easy walk and the area is well marked with useful information. We also got...More

Great experience. Seeing the turtles and the breeding, and so on. Nice walk from down town also. And has a little beach

WE were there pretty early so not everything was open, but it was a good place to see tortoises and iguanas and learn about the work of the research station.

We visited here at the end of our cruise and enjoyed seeing the tortoises roaming free. Providion of welly boots was good as it can be muddy. Enjoyed the coffee and the shop after the tortoise visit.

very informative, very intersting demonstration including the body of the giant well known tortoise george.