A great new addition to Galapagos literature - for the Darwin diehards amongst us.  Matt James is an old acquaintance from the days we lived in Galapagos.  "In 1905, eight…

Our two 2017 Christmas Active Galapagos trips on the Samba sold out a while back already, to the frustration of many people.  In an effort to provide a similar "Active…

Shall I fly through Quito or Guayaquil? We often get this question from guests planning their international travel route to and from Ecuador.   The answer we provide is not simple…

We've known Scott Henderson and Maria Elena Guerra for years - since 1998.  They were both colleagues of ours at the Charles Darwin Research Station back then.   Since, Scott has…

In what appears to be a first for Galapagos, a giant tortoise was hit and killed by a car on Thursday (26 January) on Santa Cruz Island, outside the town…

Yesterday, the governor of the Province of Galapagos, Eliecer Cruz (an old friend, former boss) tweeted "good luck" to the large number of aspirants taking the entrance exam to the…

Wanting to be sure that its electorate is in full possession of its reasoning powers during national elections, the government of Ecuador requests that all establishments normally allowed to sell…

(from SBS.com.au)   Lonesome George being loaded onto the plane in Guayaquil today (17 Feb) The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George, the last of its…

Shamelessly copy/pasted from The Economist.  I once met The Economist's "man in Quito" while working for UNESCO.  I have since been a paid subscriber to this well rounded magazine.   …

Times are going to be a bit tougher for Galapagos residents again.   The cargo ship Bartolomé, which does the back and forth between the continent and the islands, bringing every…