Get a Galapagos Fix With Sensitivity (But No Alex Trebek)

March 26, 2009 at 10:26 AM | by amandak | 0 Comments

So you agree the gorgeous Galapagos Islands are in danger but you aren't lucky enough to win the Jeapordy! contest which would take you on a weeklong tour to the islands with host Alex Trebek. Then you're going to need to find some other eco-friendly way of getting close to the turtles and all the other Galapagos reasons-to-go, right?

We're considering the possibility that Natural Habitat Adventures might be an okay way to go, given that National Geographic Adventure rated them in the top ten tour operators in the world and they have a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, two organizations that we have a fair bit of trust in.

NHA goes so far as to call their trips the "Galapagos Anti-Cruise" so you can be fairly sure you won't be traipsing noisily from breeding ground to breeding ground or some other environmentally-sensitive spots. Sustainable and small-scale are their key words, and we like them.

No Galapagos trip is cheap--and that's probably a good thing in an eco-friendly way--but NHA offers 11 days for $4,695 on a hybrid energy yacht owned by a local Ecuadorian family; we figure that's money better spent than some of the alternatives. We're probably too selfish to just stay away.

Related Stories:
· Natural Habitat Adventures [Official Site]
· Galapagos Islands "In Danger" [Jaunted]
· What Is A Trip With Alex Trebek To The Galapagos Islands? [Jaunted]

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