(Paris)  UNESCO's World Heritage Centre published its "State of Conservation" report on Galapagos yesterday, in advance of the July meeting of the intergovernmental World Heritage Committee meeting.    This report…

We're a bit sad to announce that the first class, 16 passenger Athala, and the luxury 48 passenger Eclipse were recently acquired by Celebrity cruises.  Though for the time being,…

UNESCO's intergovernmental World Heritage Committee reviewed the state of conservation of the Galapagos islands at its meeting in Istanbul recently (the meeting was suspended for a day in response to…

Our friends at Quasar Nautica sent us this note recently.  Here it is, edited a  bit for CNH Tours readers: There is currently a large epidemic of Yellow Fever in…

The director of the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF), Arturo Izurieta, sent an email to the CDF members of the governing council yesterday (I am one), announcing the 25 year renewal…

One of our guests let us know today that you can actually buy Galapagos wallpaper!  A wonderful way to keep the Galapagos spirit after your trip.   Sanderson, a British home…

My former UNESCO World Heritage Centre office mate, Fanny Douvere, closed up her global meeting of marine World Heritage site managers a few days ago in Galapagos.   It was very…

The BBC reported today that a juvenile "Galapagos red footed booby" had been found off the coast of Sussex, in the UK (the southern coast).   That's 10,000km (or 6,000 miles)…

The owners of the Samba (a Galapagos family) posted a photo of their ship on Facebook yesterday - and who else but the Charles Darwin Research Station director (and former…

We select the dates for our Active Galapagos charters a full 14 - 26 months ahead of time.  You will note that we just published our 2018 charter dates (24…