ISA Ecuador and Galapagos Trip: part 2 As part of Ideal South America’s goal to provide the best possible tour operations to its passengers, our General Manager, Donovan Hervig, recently traveled to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The first stop,…
Iguazu Falls, the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands Over 15 years ago, in an effort to bring us all closer in appreciation of the our amazing shared environment, 28 destinations were shortlisted for the top natural wonders of the world…
Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands: part 1 The Galapagos by Land and Sea One of our favorite features of the Galapagos Islands is how close we can get to these special creatures. Not only are there animals found nowhere else…
Although South America has thousands of miles of coastline, much of it is not actually beach friendly. The majority of the southern half of the continent – on both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean sides – is connected to rainy, windy…
How To Get There While one can certainly reach Quito by land, most tourists visiting it will fly to its international airport – airport code UIO. It receives direct, non-stop flights not only from cities in several neighboring countries, such…
CLIMATE & WEATHER IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Although travelling through the Galapagos Islands is indeed fine any time of the year, there are some differences worth noting. The northern hemisphere summer/fall months of June to November, which coincide with the…