In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, checks off another one of his travel to-dos as he begins his travels in the Amazon and starts at the Napo River - Journey Into Amazonia. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Ecuador.

We have now reached the final leg of our Adventures Abroad Ecuador trip. In the first part, we discovered the wonders of the capital city Quito and the surrounding area. We then spent a week exploring three of the islands of the Galapagos archipelago ending with Santa Cruz. Now we are about to depart on an entirely different experience, Amazonia where we will travel down the Napo River, the longest in Ecuador, to spend three days at an Indigenous camp in the world's largest rainforest. I've never been to the Amazon and have been looking forward to this for a very long time.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, travels to an outer-worldly landscape here on earth, Exploring Isabela - A Natural Wonderland. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Ecuador.

This is my third post from the largest of the Galapagos Islands, Isabela. In the first one we marvelled at the unique Galapagos wildlife found both on and below the surface of the waters of Tintoreras Islet. In the second we sought out the famous giant tortoises for which the islands are known. In this one, we will continue exploring Isabela by visiting a landscape so unearthly that it positively makes one shake your head in amazement. Join this Adventures Abroad group as we snorkel with sharks and sea turtles and then hike to the rim of an enormous volcano seeking new species along the way.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, has set his sights on finding another famous inhabitant of the Galapagos the Tortoises of Isabela. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Ecuador.

This is the fourth post from the Galapagos Islands on this Ecuadorian odyssey with Adventures Abroad. In the first three, we encountered many of the most famous species for which this unique archipelago is renowned such as Darwin finches, Galapagos penguins and sea lions and of course the one-of-a-kind marine iguanas. However, we have yet to see any of the giant tortoises for which the islands are equally famous. In this post, we'll remedy that as we visit a tortoise breeding centre on Isabela where we will see species from all the different islands. With luck, we might also spot tortoises in the wild as well as follow the trail to a lava tunnel and a freshwater spring.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, ends his tour where it would be the beginning for most travellers, Santa Cruz - Gateway to the Galapagos. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Ecuador.

You might wonder at the title of this post as our Adventures Abroad group is only heading to the island of Santa Cruz at the end of our stay in this wondrous archipelago. However, for the vast majority of visitors to the Galapagos, the airport on nearby Baltra Island is the most likely landing spot and after a short ferry ride to Santa Cruz, their adventure begins. So it is the gateway island, just not for us. We will be making our way there by boat after spending three terrific days on Isabela. So hop aboard and we'll find out why Santa Cruz is quite different from the other islands on the Galapagos.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, will spend a day wandering and taking in the many sites of Bern - Walking Switzerland’s Capital. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Switzerland.

This is my final post from a June 2022 tour of Switzerland with Adventures Abroad led by our good friend and tour leader Victor Romagnoli. Although over nine months have passed since Alison and I took this trip with Victor, I can remember each day of it as if it was last week, the trip was that remarkable. It included a perfect combination of alpine hiking, amazing train rides and city walking tours. In the last post, I featured a great day on Mount Rigi which we arrived at by boat from Lucerne followed by a funicular ride up to the top. In this post, we'll visit the Swiss capital city of Bern and spend the day exploring it on foot. Please come along with us.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, hops onto a nine seater airplane and takes a short flight to Isabela - Galapagos' Largest Island. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Ecuador.

In the last post, our Adventures Abroad group enjoyed a day on the water visiting the famed Kicker Rock on the island of San Cristobal. Our two days on the island were just enough to get a taste of what makes the Galapagos archipelago so unique and now we will continue to find out more about the islands as we travel to Isabela, the largest of the group. Here we hope to see some of the species that can only be found in the Galapagos including its unique penguins, flamingos and giant tortoises. Please join us on what will be another fascinating journey.

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