Puerto Ayora Fish Market – Playa Ratonera loop from Puerto Ayora

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Ecuador

Galápagos

Puerto Ayora

Puerto Ayora Fish Market – Playa Ratonera loop from Puerto Ayora

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Puerto Ayora Fish Market – Playa Ratonera loop from Puerto Ayora

01:02

4.00km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

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Parque Nacional Galápagos

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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37 m

San Francisco Church, Puerto Ayora

Highlight • Religious Site

One is quickly inclined to walk past this church on the harbor. But that's a mistake, because the stained glass window with animal and nature motifs is definitely worth seeing.

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615 m

Puerto Ayora Fish Market

Highlight • Structure

Freshly caught fish is sold here in the morning on weekdays. The sushi in the evening is certainly tasty.
Sea lions and pelicans are also waiting for a tasty bite.

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1.80 km

Lonesome George and Galápagos Giant Tortoises

Highlight • Natural Monument

Landed in the Galapagos. Beautiful where you can encounter just about anything.

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2.16 km

Playa Ratonera

Highlight • Beach

Small sandy beach framed by lava stones on which the waves break. You can often meet surfers here and watch them wild rides.

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2.63 km

Charles Darwin Research Station

Highlight • Monument

The Charles Darwin Research Station (Charles Darwin Research Station –
CDRS) is located in Puerto Ayora on the Galapagos Island of Santa Cruz and
is managed by the international non-profit organization “Charles Darwin
Foundation".

In addition to research
of the ecosystems in the Galapagos National Park are aimed at
Awareness raising among visitors for the fragile balance of
Nature in this unique natural paradise.

You get a lot of interesting information about the
fascinating flora and fauna of the island world.
For example, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution can be traced using the beaks of the famous Darwin finches.

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3.15 km

Morando Art Design Mosaic Garden

Highlight • Monument

The environment is a bit dingy, but the works are nice to look at.

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4.00 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.72 km

1.38 km

858 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.98 km

757 m

209 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Thursday 5 November

28°C

27°C

16 %

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Comments

March 13, 2024,Galapagos Tag 2b: Spaziergang zum einsamen Georg

In the afternoon we stroll from the hotel through our town of Puerta Ayora, on the edge of which is the Charles Darwin research station. Here we not only meet living giant tortoises of different species, but also the embalmed "Lonesome George".

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November 18, 2025,🇪🇨Charles Darwin Research Station - Puerto Ayora/ Santa Cruz🐢🐢🦎⛅️👨🏼🧙‍♀️

A research station named after Charles Darwin, who spent about five weeks in the Galapagos Islands in 1835, provides information about the local wildlife and is also involved in breeding tortoises.

Among the exhibits is Lonesome George, who died in 2012 as the last of his kind.

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March 24, 2025,🇪🇨 Galapagos - Puerto Ayora und Charles Darwin Station 🦤🐢🦀

This morning, we took a speedboat to Santa Cruz Island early. A quick stroll through town followed by the Charles Darwin Station. Here, turtles 🐢 are raised and released back into the wild after a few years.

There's also a lot of other information about the animals there.

Afterward, our rooms at the hotel were ready 🏨

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October 28, 2023,🇪🇨 Charles Darwin Aufzuchtstation

Today we arrived in the Galapagos Islands. First we marveled at the giant tortoises in the wild. Unfortunately, I hadn't started a recording yet. I added pictures anyway. Afterwards we visited the Charles Darwin breeding station.

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