My Galápagos Journey of Purpose Traveling to the Galápagos Islands had been a lifelong dream. But experiencing the Galápagos through a conservation-focused travel program transformed that dream into something far more meaningful. This is my firsthand experience joining a sustainable, volunteer-based Galápagos conservation trip with ConservationVIP. Why the Galápagos Islands Had Always Been My Dream…
About Galapagos The Galapagos Islands are a rare and distinctive collection of volcanic islands located 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. It is influenced by a combination of hot equatorial sun and cool ocean waters from the convergence of the Cromwell and Humboldt currents. These unique features have nurtured a…
Darwin. Blue-footed Booby. . . Some things just “say” Galapagos. Darwin. The blue-footed booby. Marine iguana. Darwin’s finches. And, of course, the eponymous tortoise. I’d heard the words before, but now I was about to see them. Here I was, shoe-horned into a small plane approaching Isla Isabela, the outermost inhabited island on the Galapagos…