Leading small group adventure tour operator G Adventures has added a fifth yacht to its fleet of chartered vessels for the Galapagos Islands. Beginning in January 2019, the 16-passenger Eden yacht will join G Adventures’ four other touring vessels in hosting small group, sea-based trips around the 20 major and smaller Galapagos islands.
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Ecoventura announced that its newbuild, the MV Theory, will debut in the Galapagos on March 3, 2019. The company said it will be among the greenest ships in the area, and the five-star vessel is named after Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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G Adventures, has welcomed the ban on single-use plastics in the Galapagos Islands, and is offering all its travellers to the archipelago a complimentary reusable water bottle for both sea- and land-based trips departing from January 01, 2019.
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To celebrate the expansion of their Galapagos Islands cruising portfolio, specialist wholesaler Expedition Cruise Specialists is offering free return flights from the South American mainland to the Islands on selected 2018/19 cruising expeditions.
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INCA, a specialist in luxury cruises to the Galápagos, is offering free airfare – a $560 savings – on ten of its cruising adventures in June, July, August and October 2018. For more than 40 years, INCA – International Nature & Cultural Adventure has been creating memorable journeys exploring one of the planet’s most fascinating destinations.
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This summer is the perfect time for travellers to discover the timeless treasures of the Galápagos Islands aboard Silversea’s award-wining Silver Galapagos luxury expedition ship.
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The International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) has called upon the government of Ecuador to limit land-based tourism growth in the Galapagos Islands and to regulate more carefully this rapidly growing sector of the islands’ tourism industry.
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Galápagos is a bucket list destination for many travelers, but not everyone has the luxury of time to commit to an extended voyage. Now for the first time in Lindblad Expeditions’ 50+ years of bringing citizen explorers there, they are offering brand-new, shorter itineraries.
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Growing each year in popularity, the Galapagos Islands are a highly sought-after vacation destination. It is also one of the world’s most fragile ecosystems. The appeal of this archipelago off of Ecuador’s coast can be likened to the goose that lays the golden egg.
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Celebrity Flora Reveal
Celebrity Cruises unveils another stunning revolution in ship design: Celebrity Flora is an elevated and inspired approach to marine exploration, meticulously designed expressly for the awe-inspiring Galapagos Islands.
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In mid September 2017 the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA – www.igtoa.org/) will launch an exciting new traveler philanthropy initiative onboard some of the finest live-aboard cruise vessels operating in the Galapagos Islands.
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One bucket-list trip you want to be sure to document with sensational photography is the Galápagos Islands. INCA – International Nature & Cultural Adventures has created a new 11-day program, the Galápagos Photo Safari, that partners with Frozen Hiker Photography to help guests get the most from their cameras.
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July 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of Lars-Eric Lindblad’s first international tourist expedition to Galápagos. Since that first voyage, Lindblad Expeditions has introduced generations of guests to these strange and wonderful islands, and is commemorating the occasion with free round-trip air to Galápagos on 50+ cruise departures in 2017 and 2018. (expeditioncruising.com)
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Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, recently invited its top-producing travel advisors from the Cruise Planners franchise network on an exclusive week-long trip to the Galapagos Islands. (travelagentcentral.com)
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