Top 5 things to do on Isabela Island before your Galapagos Cruise

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Tanya Helmig who has been a Galapagos guide since 1992 and knows pretty much all there is to know about the Galapagos Islands.  Tanya has written this guide to her top 5 things to do if you are staying in the town of Puerto Villamil, on Isabela Island before or after your Galapagos cruise. Puerto […]

10 Underrated Galapagos Plants and Animals

Swallow Tailed Gull South Plaza Galapagos

Iconic animals such as the giant tortoise, marine iguanas, and sea lions are always going to top the bill as Galapagos wildlife holiday highlights. However, the Galapagos Islands are also filled with amazing plants and animals that don’t get to bask in the spotlight, but are truly remarkable and wonderful in their own right.  Here […]

Ten Amazing Animals to see in Galapagos

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Each trip to the Galapagos is different, depending on the routes and season, but there is masses of amazing wildlife to see throughout the year and across the whole archipelago. Most of the wildlife listed below you can see throughout the islands and throughout the year, the most notable exception being the Waved Albatross which […]

Six Things NOT to do in Galapagos

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

A Galapagos holiday should be one of the best travel experiences you ever have and many of our guests tell us when they return that it’s been the holiday of a lifetime. You will be visiting one of the most pristine wildernesses on the planet, with wildlife that is unafraid of humans. You’ll be surrounded […]

How To Get To The Galapagos Islands

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Flight Options to the Galapagos Islands Lying as they do some 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, the only way visitors can get to the Galapagos Islands is to fly. There are no direct international flights to the Galapagos Islands, which means you first need to get to mainland Ecuador and get a connecting […]

Endangered Sharks of the Galapagos

Endangered Sharks of the Galapagos Islands whale shark being tagged by a diver

For anyone who is lucky enough to snorkel or dive in Galapagos, the sight of a majestic shark gliding through the clear blue water is one that you never forget. The Galapagos Islands are unique in the world for the high abundance of endangered scalloped hammerhead shark, whale sharks and silk sharks. According to recent […]

Restoring Floreana Island Conservation Project

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One of our favourite conservation projects at the moment is the ground breaking Restoring Floreana program which aims to return Floreana, the sixth largest island in Galapagos, to its former glory.   Involving one of the most complex and largest eradication projects ever conducted on an inhabited tropical island, the ultimate goal is to reintroduce locally […]