Explore Galápagos Islands to see, hear, and learn about the island wildlife, landscape, and even about the undersea submersible used by scientists in the film to explore the Galápagos waters.

Galapagos National Park Service
Filming Details and Requirements

The Charles Darwin Research Station can provide assistance and information to film groups wishing to visit the Galapagos Islands . The Station works in partnership with the Galapagos National Park Service, the governmental management authority of the National Park and Marine Reserve, which regulates filming activities in the Galapagos.

In order to film in the Galapagos Islands , groups must apply to the Galapagos National Park Service for permission. The following requirements must be fulfilled in order to obtain the respective permit from the Galapagos National Park .

Procedures to follow are:

. You must submit a formal letter to the Director of Protected Areas of Galapagos requesting authorization to film in Galapagos, either in the National Park or the Marine Reserve. E-mail requests are accepted and help to speed up the procedures, but in terms of granting authorizations the letter must come via regular mail or fax.

. Please address your letter to: Biol. Eliecer Cruz
Director of Protected Areas of Galapagos
Puerto Ayora,
Santa Cruz
Galapagos,
Ecuador
e-mail: ecruz@spng.org.ec
Fax: 593 (5) 526-190

. Your letter must include:

1/. Script and film objectives.
2/. Crew names and passports, positions, as well as a detailed list of equipment.
3/. Proposed itinerary and vessel to be chartered.
4/. Name of person representing group in Ecuador .
5/. Name of company financing filming project.

Once this information is received (via e-mail or regular mail), your filming proposal will be reviewed by a Technical Committee for approval. If it is accepted, the Committee will also decide under what filming category it falls (commercial, scientific or educational).

The Director of the Galapagos National Park provides final authorization of the production of documentaries or films of scientific, cultural, educational, and commercial contents upon receipt of the basic script of the production and itinerary of the team members in Galapagos. The authorization will be stated in the contract agreed upon by the producer and the Director of the National Park Service.

On behalf of the Direction of Protected Areas of Galapagos, we thank you for contacting us and for your interest in filming in Galapagos.

For further information, please contact the Galapagos National Park Service Communications and Media Coordinator at foviedo@spng.org.ec

Please contact filmgroups@darwinfoundation.org for more details about working with the Charles Darwin Research Station.