The different faces of El Niño Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, KNMI (note from CNH Tours: Geert Jan "GJ" van Oldenborgh, of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute -KNMI-, is a dear old…

(based on a report from El Colono, the Galapagos daily newspaper) Yesterday, near the Puerto Ayora gas station, someone spotted a reptile.  This is not unusual in Galapagos – the…

The latest sea surface temperature (SST) readings in the Eastern tropical Pacific show a dramatic El Niño (e.g. SSTs much higher than usual) along the equator in the central Pacific…

(CNH Tours has taken this story directly from the Sea Shepherd Society's website.  Our editorial comments appear at the end of the article.) Earlier this month, on November 6, 2015,…

This information is provided by Prensa Latina, and was published on November 30th in Quito.   The National Geographic Society will explore the Galapagos Islands'' sea in Ecuador in order…

“First, one now needs the permanent residency status to obtain a job”, says Alexandra Bahamonde, originally from Quito with a degree in languages (French, Italian, English). “I am very lucky,…

I remember getting a significant chip in one of my molars fixed while I lived in Galapagos. Within 2 years, I needed a root canal intervention in that tooth, and…

We are so pleased to learn that Godfrey Merlen, a longtime, relentless, stalwart, behind the scenes conservation champion of Galapagos has been named a Disney Conservation Hero. Godfrey came to…

The US National Public Radio aired its Year End Special / best podcast of 2015 recently – and it was all about Galapagos – more specifically, the challenges of conservation…

This report was just published yesterday by someone who cruised in late December, early January, on TripAdvisor: En route home from a fantastic 10 days in the Galapagos. A combination…