Galapagos Wildlife Photo Gallery

The Galápagos archipelago, first discovered uninhabited by the Spaniards in 1535, and later made famous by Charles Darwin in 1835, is both a province and a national park of Ecuador, 600 mi (1000 km) west on the mainland. It is a premiere wildlife observation, protection and research center visited annually by thousands of tourists. [p] Enjoy this photographic tour of some of the better known species that make the Galapagos a giant zoo where you can observe at close range a fantastic array of wildlife.