How about a trip to Ecuador Galapagos

The Galapagos Islands might just be the single most important group of islands in the world, from an environmental, ecological and scientific perspective… but ask the average high street shopper to pinpoint them on the map and they’ll often look bemused. Located nearly 1,000km off Ecuador’s western coast and straddling the equator, this heavily volcanic island group are where Charles Darwin famously came up with his theory of evolution. The wildlife here is often unique to these remote islands and given the extreme lack of contact with mankind, often have very little if any fear of “us”, making for incredible interactions and a close-up look at many creatures that are normally reserved for the exceptionally patient and well-funded camera crews travelling with Sir David Attenborough. Tourist numbers are rightly capped on the islands and your ability to go freely where and when you choose is also limited, but this doesn’t hinder your pleasure and enjoyment, in fact, it adds to it, knowing you are ensuring the sanctity and integrity of this astonishing place for decades to come. If you want some downtime on a sandy beach watching hotel entertainment while sipping Mojitos or a Mai Tai, go elsewhere, but if you want to see true wildlife like nowhere else on earth, both on land and in the sea, with rugged volcanic scenery as a backdrop… there really is no other place on earth like this