In Galapagos, Celebrity Cruises appears to be sailing into piranha infested waters.   This international cruise ship company is better known for its large high capacity (2,000 – 3,600 passenger) ships…

Galapagos snakes are a discrete lot.  I lived in the islands for 4 years and never saw a single specimen.   Considered as “racers” (a general term given to fast moving…

In a press release published yesterday, the Governing Council of Galapagos indicated that it had started a process for the revision of the Galapagos Park entrance fee.    It explained that…

(translated from an article in El Comercio, and Ecuadorian newspaper – published on 28 August 2019) The ships of the Naval Squadron of the Navy of Ecuador captured four foreign…

Jorge Carrion, Galapagos National Park direct since March 2018, is under pressure to tender his resignation.   Based on information gathered from friends and following recent Galapagos community FaceBook posts, it…

On 23 August, we published a story on how the authorities in charge of the Galapagos National Park fee would likely be increasing it by the end of the year…

(Google translated, with some edits, from a Spanish language version published in El Comercio, on 29 September 2019) A judge of the Judicial Unit of Santa Cruz, in Galapagos, ruled…

On national televesion, the president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, announced a series of measures aimed at improving the government's finances.   Over the past 10-15 years, the country took on a…

Following the announcement of economic measures by the president 2 days ago, there were widespread disturbances in the streets throughout the country yesterday (only in Galapagos does it appear that…

Background You will likely have heard by now that there is some social unrest in Ecuador.   Facing significant budget shortfalls, the nation was compelled to take a loan from the…