Tangled World

Conservation in the Galapagos Islands

        In 1998 Ecuador’s largest tour operator and conservation-in-tourism pioneer, Metropolitan Touring, established Fundación Galápagos-Ecuador. This is the first ever initiative by tourism’s

Volcanic eruption in Galapagos Islands

This dramatic scene was viewed by travellers in the Galapagos Islands last week. It was La Cumbre Volcano on the the western side of Fernandina Island, the youngest of the Galapagos Islands. 

How do pigs help jungle otters?

Giant otters have happily made a recent return to Garzacocha Lake in the Ecuadorian Amazon.  Why? All thanks to pigs!  As part of their programme of social responsibility, La Selva Jungle

Indigenous people involved in tourism

Being in the tourism industry and specifically interested in responsible and ethical tourism, when I think of indigenous people and tourism I tend to think of specific cases of community-based tourism.  Two excellent examples of this are shown below

Where to travel in April

When we travel, most of us have an idea of WHERE we want to travel and start to plan things around that initial decision. It’s relatively easy to start searching for specific ideas based on this. It tends to

New range of Down to Earth holidays

Tribes is known for high quality, expertly tailor made holidays built with responsible ethics. However, the prices of luxury tailor made holidays are not for everyone. For some of us, we may splash out on a tailor made holiday one