Visitor Sites: La Galapaguera/Jacinto Gordillo Breeding Center

La Galapaguera/Jacinto Gordillo Breeding Center - San Cristobal

La Galapaguera/Jacinto Gordillo Breeding Center

San Cristobal Island, Galapagos

This is a new visitor site in the northeast part of San Cristobal Island and can now be reached in roughly one hour by road from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. In the Breeding Center, you will be able to admire the hatchling tortoises from their birth until the are 120 days old when the grown tortoises are taken to their natural habitat.

Highlights: Giant tortoises in captivity
Activities: Short hike (0,6 mi / 1Km)
Landing: Dry Landing
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate

Galapagos Islands Map - La Galapaguera/Jacinto Gordillo Breeding Center, San Cristobal