More Giant Tortoises

Kira as a tortoise

Giant Tortoises on Highlands, Santa Cruz

Some of the giant tortoises we saw on a farm adjacent to National Park

An attempt to show size

Our excellent naturalist

Charles Darwin Station

Look how tall the cactus is

Giant cactus

Tiny baby giant tortoise

Older baby giant tortoise

Identifier on back

Linda with several tortoises in background

More older tortoises

Still more

The tortoises are kept at Charles Darwin Station until they are about

three years old. They need to be large enough that the Galapagos hawk

cannot kill and eat them. The older tortoises are there for people who

 do not get to see them in the wild.