Margret Wittmer

Margret Wittmer (; 12 July 190421 March 2000)

She wrote about her experiences of being an early settler in the book Postlagernd Floreana. Erlebnisbericht deutscher Siedler (1959) (English title: Floreana: A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos). She returned to Germany in 1960 to present her book.

Margret's book attracted more German tourists to Floreana Island. She built several bungalows to host different tourists and scientists that visited Floreana. The family's Wittmer Lodge still operates on the island.

Personal life and death Wittmer, her husband Heinz, and his son, Harry, from a previous marriage, moved to Floreana Island in 1932, following the arrival of German doctor Friedrich Ritter and his wife, Dore Strauch. Wittmer was in the fourth month of her first pregnancy when they arrived, and she gave birth to a son, Rolf, and a daughter, Ingeborg, while living on the island.

Margaret's stepson Harry died in a boating accident in 1951. Son Rolf innovated Galápagos’ ecotourism industry by setting up a tour boat company, Rolf Wittmer Turismo, Ltd, and is remembered with the Rolf Wittmer Foundation.

As of 2017, the family's Wittmer Lodge on Floreana was still being operated by Margret's daughter, Ingeborg, and her daughter Erika.

In popular culture Actress Diane Kruger portrayed Wittmer in the 2013 documentary The Galapagos Affair. Sydney Sweeney portrays Wittmer in the 2024 film Eden.