Meet Michael Bliemsrieder:  Candidate for mayor of Santa Cruz, Galapagos The big day is on March 24 th when Galapagueños go to the polls to elect their mayors.  There are…

We're very happy to announce that 10 of the 16 spaces available on our May 2020 trip to Southern Africa (Victoria Falls / Okavango / Kalahari / Cape Town) sold…

We’re very proud to highlight the work of Magno Bennett on our website.   The original artwork used as banners on the site’s various pages were produced by Magno 15 years…

Paul Smith of Montana was the lucky bidder.   At an auction in support of the Montana Natural History Center (MNHC) last year, his was the winning bid for an 8…

A big thank you to our wonderful Galapagos alumni who were quick to sign up for our Victoria Falls / Okavango / Kalahari / South Africa trip taking place in…

Jorge Carrión (above) was hired as the director of the Galapagos National Park in March 2018 (see our news story here ).   It's not an easy job.  He has to…

Last week's edition of The Economist had a good article on the current financial challenges confronting Lenin Moreno, the wheelchair bound president of the country.   His charismatic predecessor, Rafael Correa,…

We were honoured to have hosted the McAlister family from Ottawa for a Galapagos cruise last December (parents, two sons and a significant other).  After the usual initial exchange of…

Every now and again we post a review we receive from recently returned guests.  We just received this one from Murray McComb, a former manager at Parks Canada.  He was…

In our 13 September 2017 news item , we asked an Ecuadorian environmental lawyer, Hugo Echeverria, to detail the case for us.  He reported on the seizure of a Chinese…