Travel to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador can be as spectacular today as it was during Darwin’s 1835 voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle for one reason: Conservation. The Galapagos Islands are as untouched now as they were then, but now the islands bring a precious touch of luxury offered through land-based stays at Pikaia Lodge.
Pikaia Lodge opens this fall in the Galapagos on a re-naturalized former cattle ranch on the island of Santa Cruz, some 600 miles west of Ecuador in the southern Pacific. And with this opening comes Ecuador’s only truly authentic eco-lodge, although a particularly deluxe one as a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World and the Kurtz-Ahlers collection of rarefied resorts in unusual places. READ MORE…
Author: Lark Gould
Lark Gould has been a travel industry journalist for more than 30 years. She shares her insight on cruise travel, air travel, hotels, resorts, popular activities, attractions and destinations to assist travel advisors and travelers with the current news and information they need to travel well.
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