Iziqithi zeGalápagos, ezikumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-600 kunxweme lwase-Ecuador, zahlala ziyimfihlo yendalo kwizigidi zeminyaka. Ngaphezulu kwelo xesha, i-archipelago yaguqukela kwikhaya leenkwenkwezi zezityalo kunye nezilwanyana. Ngexesha elithile kwi-1800s, abanye abaphangi be-swashbuckling abaphangi kunye nabaphengululi abanesibindi baqala ukufika kwiiGalápagos Islands. Olona ndwendwe ludumileyo lwakuqala yayinguCharles Darwin, isazi sendalo eselula esachitha iintsuku ezili-19 sifunda ngeziqithi & apos; Izityalo nezilwanyana ngo-1835. Ngo-1859, uDarwin wapapasha Kwimvelaphi yeeNdidi , owazisa imfundiso yakhe yendaleko- kunye neeGalápagos Islands - kwihlabathi.
Ukusukela ngoko, iindaba zezi ziqithi kunye nobuhle bazo obumangalisayo zikhule ngokuthe chu. Ngo-1959, iGalápagos yaba yipaki yokuqala yesizwe yase-Ecuador, yaza ngo-1978, yabizwa ngokuba yi-a Indawo ye-UNESCO yeLifa leMveli . Namhlanje, ngaphezulu kwama-275,000 abantu bandwendwela iGalápagos minyaka le ukuze bazibonele ezi zilwanyana kunye neendawo ezintle zomhlaba.