We all have to find ways of making a living, of paying the bills.   So, I suppose that securing an income is the most basic of motivations when going…

Samba owner and principal guide, Juan Manuel Salcedo, has finally done it.   Back in 2010 or so, the National Park imposed new itinerary regulations for cruise ships.  Whereas they…

We are pleased to report that the Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO), a provincial government travel business regulator, accredited CNH Tours yesterday.  Our guests are now covered under the…

My Dutch climatologist friend, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh (GJ), has forwarded to me the latest E uropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)  map, showing February 2016 global average temperatures…

The April 2016 edition of the well respected journal "Scientific American" has a well-written, succinct article which corroborates exactly the way CNH Tours feels about tourism in Galapagos.   The…

The University of Washington reported (March 17) on the results of Galapagos lake sediment analysis.  In summary: "Results show that from the beginning of the record 2,000 years ago, until…

The last time the World Heritage (WH) Committee discussed Galapagos (July 2014), it asked the government of Ecuador (GoE) to send it a detailed report on this WH Site's state…

The government of Ecuador has recently launched its "Observatorio Turistico" for Galapagos.  The program intends to provide all kinds of official data on tourism in Galapagos, from arrival numbers, hotels,…

... not likely - we don't want to be accused of rumour mongering....  but.... Harrison Ford was spotted in Galapagos yesterday, shopping for a nice Panama hat (ironically, Panama hats…

No, sadly, we didn't have that privilege (though I did once have a private meeting in the presidential palace with a former president... but that's another story).   Yesterday, PBS…