Is there a “best time” to visit the Galapagos?

Galapagos travel, as with other equatorial destinations, is good year round. The lack of drastic weather changes that clear-cut seasons create in northern and southern destinations, allow visitors to expect the same general conditions whatever time period they may decide on to book a Galapagos cruise. This is not to say that there aren’t temperature changes throughout the year, or actual seasons. There are. And many variables affect what you see and experience in the Galapagos Islands depending on your designated travel dates. Every month offers different attractions.

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Mother’s Day in the Galapagos

As we approach the end of a new Mother’s Day in Ecuador (not all places share the date), I think of the Galapagos Islands as a unique place to celebrate our shared caregiver, our beautiful planet, our Mother Earth.

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A safe distance

The idea is that you keep your distance from the animals. Officially, Galapagos tour guides will speak of a 2-meter distance (upping the 1-meter distance previously requested), but this is sometimes the most difficult rule to abide by and enforce during Galapagos cruises.

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What would Day 5 on our travel itinerary look like?

Our Galapagos cruise itinerary this morning takes us to a real Galapagos city. We will finally see people, houses, streets… living it out the Galapagos way.

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Earth Day 2012 in the Galapagos Islands

As our Galapagos travel facebook and blog friends await for Brangelina’s impressions of their stay in the islands —who are said to have boarded their private jet “glum to leave”— I’d like to take this moment to remind us that it is Earth Day today, and that even if the Jolie-Pitts missed Earth Day in the Galapagos Islands by a day, it is still Earth Day today!

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