All our trips are designed to ensure making a positive difference is at the heart of your time overseas. Our prices may be higher than some but you can be assured that this is because our partners overseas are being paid fair prices and our projects are receiving significant funding so that they are sustainable in the long-term - long after you have returned home. In fact our clients have raised over £1 million directly for projects overseas. For this trip in particular you should choose this trip because:

• The Galapagos are like nowhere else on earth. A wildlife paradise set in raw and beautiful surroundings.Isolated in the Pacific Ocean 800-1100 km west of Ecuador at the confluence of several ocean currents, cold and warm, these volcanic islands and the surrounding seas are the largest, most diverse almost pristine archipelago remaining in the world, a natural museum of geological, ecological and evolutionary processes. Their varied climates and extreme isolation, have produced one of the world's highest concentrations of endemic species including unusual animals such as the land and marine iguanas, giant tortoises and the many types of finch that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution following his visit in 1835. One-third of the archipelago's vascular land plants are endemic, as are nearly all the reptiles, half the breeding land birds, and almost 30% of the marine species of the archipelago.
  
• We have worked with partners in Latin America for over eleven years so you can be assured of visits to some fantastic places, staying with people we have worked with for many years.
  
• We are insistent that any marine conservation projects and holidays include the local community and local businesses. Responsible travel is at the heart of our business. We were Highly Commended in the 2007 Responsible Travel Awards.
  
• We provide time and funds for other community initiatives to be carried out when not undertaking marine research.
  
  Threats to the site: Invasion by large-scale tourism and unsustainable fishing by mainland fishermen financed by foreign companies supported by authority, is waging permanent opposition to the restrictions of the National Park. The resulting growth in population, unplanned urbanisation, pollution, damaging invasion by exotic species and the resulting degradation of habitats is unplanned for and barely controlled at present.