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Tour Guides As Voices Of Sustainability

Our guides transmit our values and core principles about sustainability through education, entertainment, and embodiment. Great tour guides wear many hats and can draw from a range of knowledge and skills. At the core of…

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Birds of Alaska

Alaska is home to more than 470 species of birds. While some birds stay in…

Small Group Travel - Peru

Gondwana Ecotours Recognized for Sustainable Travel Commitments

We’re excited to be included in Sustainable Jungle’s roundup of sustainable travel companies! Sustainable Jungle…

Kayaking in Alaska

Niche Travel Tours for Wildlife Lovers

Our friends at Travel Market Report recently wrote an article on niche travel tours, about…

Horseback riders in Argentina

Carbon Neutral Tours and Vacations

We believe that traveling is one of the best things people can do to learn,…

What is an Ecotour?

What is ecotourism? Ecotourism is travelling responsibly to natural areas. This type of travel conserves…

Aerial view of empty San Francisco Union Square during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Unexpected Effects of COVID-19

From the loss of loved ones and economic hardships to the mental and emotional stress…

Photo of a field of flowers with wind turbines in the background for the article, "A Quick Guide to Carbon Offsets" from Gondwana Ecotours

A Quick Guide to Carbon Offsetting

As the threat of climate change continues to grow, more and more people are looking…

Photo of a bald eagle in flight to celebrate Endangered Species Day!

10 Ways to Celebrate Endangered Species Day

Today—May 15, 2020—marks the 15th annual Endangered Species Day! Celebrated since 2006, this day was…

Photo of Exit Glacier in Alaska on Gondwana Ecotour's Glaciers & Grizzlies Adventure.

Alaska’s Exit Glacier

Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park is not the largest nor the oldest glacier…

Image of a woman holding the Earth in her hands on a beach for Gondwana Ecotour's post on Earth Day!

8 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day This Year

April 22, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Fifty years of making the…

Protecting Coral Reefs – Our New Partnership with Reef Safe Sunscreen

Coral reefs are unique and colorful ecosystems that give life to countless sea creatures and…

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Toad&Co – Traveling In “Good Company”

As ecotour operators and avid travelers, we are always on the lookout for businesses that…

New York Times Interviews Jared Sternberg

Q&A with Jared Sternberg Three years after founding Gondwana Ecotours, company president Jared Sternberg sat…

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Sustainable Travel Growing: Double Feature

Ecotourism Grows Reporting on the ecotourism industry, “…the Center for Responsible Travel revealed that sustainable…

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Eco-Footprint Travel

Travel with a Small Eco-Footprint Gondwana has been featured in print and online by Star…

River of Gold-A Documentary

A Story That Effects Us All There is a very clear link between high-priority news…

Subject of the Anthem for the Amazon

Anthem For the Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Aid Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to the cause of protecting the Amazon…

Birds of the Amazon Rainforest

Save the Rainforest-Again

Environmental History: Back to the Rainforest “Save the Rainforest” was a movement so prevalent in…

Arctic Oil - Shell Icebreaker

Shell Abandons Arctic Oil Operations

Arctic Oil: Abandon Ship Somewhere right now, thousands of environmentalists are probably still reeling from…

Health in Costa Rica: Keep on Livin’

Keep on truckin’ After spending a few weeks in Nosara, Costa Rica, it is apparent…

A History of Life: What is Gondwana?

What is Gondwana? Inevitably, when people take a trip with Gondwana Ecotours, the question arises:…

Why Ecotourism Matters

Why Ecotourism Matters In 2010, tourism as an industry supported more than 14 million jobs,…

Just what is “Carbon Offsetting”?

Just what is “Carbon Offsetting”? If you’re like me, you may have heard the phrase…

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