Honeymoon to Peru & Galapagos Islands

In Peru we use local ground handlers who employ local guides and drivers, ensuring that your money is ploughed back into the local community. Your Galapagos cruise will be run under strict environmental guidelines that ensure that minimal disturbance is caused to the wildlife and fragile ecosystems of the Islands. While there are a great number of issues and problems facing the fragile environment of the Galapagos, success stories and potential solutions abound. The introduced eradication program, though slow going has eliminated feral goats from several small islands and dogs are now absent from the island of Isabela.

The efforts to reintroduce and repopulate species such as elephantine tortoise have increased their numbers dramatically. Environmental education efforts on the islands help their inhabitants understand the larger picture and need for conservation, and responsible tourism and enforced park guidelines help preserve the Galapagos for the future. But there are seemingly endless needs for the park's preservation, and always limited funding. Other than what little budget it receives from the Republic of Ecuador, the National Park relies entirely on funding from philanthropists, fundraising efforts of the Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc. and other private organizations.