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7 Reasons Argentina Is One of the Best Countries to Visit in South America

Argentina doesn’t usually make it onto the top ten lists of popular travel destinations, but it should. Just because it’s not as well known as Hawaii or Paris, doesn’t mean that it’s not as incredible.…

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Gondwana Recognized as a Responsible Tour Operator in the Amazon

Gondwana’s Amazon Adventure is mentioned on Concrete Playground’s list of “Ten Must-Visit Places to Plan Your 2020 Travel…

Cultural Exchange Rwanda

Using Cultural Exchange to Build Authentic Tour Experiences

Customizing Unique Local Activities for Our Guests As an international eco-tour operator with a brand…

Achuar Tribe

The Achuar Tribe: Family & Conservation

Traveling with Family & Friends Usually the best recommendations come from personal experiences. We’re lucky…

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Travel the Amazon on a Historic Explorer’s Route

The Call of the Open Road… In the modern industrialized world, getting a vacation can…

indigenous people of the Amazon

Go Tribal: Vacations & Travel Magazine Feature

Go Tribal in Ecuador 2017 is shaping up to be an exciting year for travel.…

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…

Best Place to see the amazon

Best Place to See the Amazon

Where is the Best Place to See the Amazon? As with all things seeking the…

Bucket List Travel

Fort Lauderdale Daily Feature: Bucket List Travel

Once in a Lifetime Destinations Oh, the bucket list. That constantly growing to-do list of…

Marmosets in the wild

Where Can I See the World’s Smallest Monkey?

The Tiny Pygmy Marmoset Extraordinary animals fascinate humans. Weather it’s a tiny puppy, exotic bird,…

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Where Can I See Howler Monkeys, Sloths & Marmosets?

Tree-Dwelling Animals of the Amazon Rainforest Dwelling in the treetops of the Amazon Basin is…

Travel with Dad

Travel With Dad: Machu Picchu & The Sacred Valley

Plan the Next Family Vacation Father’s Day has passed by, but it’s never too early…

Birds of the Amazon

Birds of the Amazon: Macaws, Toucans, Parakeets & Parrots

The Amazon Rainforest’s Feathered Friends Over 1,500 bird species reside in the Amazon Basin. The…

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Eco-Footprint Travel

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

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The Pink River Dolphins Places

See Pink River Dolphins in the Wild Taking a trip to see pink river dolphins…

Ecuador Travel Feature

The Sophisticated Life: Ecuador Travel

Ecuador Travel Feature Writer Nadeen White is a travel and lifestyle blogger who appreciates the…

River of Gold-A Documentary

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

Photos of Pink River Dolphins

Photos of Pink River Dolphins

What Do Pink River Dolphins Look Like? Thousands of pink river dolphins swim throughout the…

Pink River Dolphin habitat

Pink River Dolphins Habitat

Freshwater Life: Amazon River Dolphin Habitat Living in South American river systems is a hidden…

Moral Compass Homestay

Moral Compass Feature: BnB’s With A Twist

Moral Compass on the Amazon Awakening Tour In the past, Bed and Breakfasts were largely…

Pink River Dolphin Facts

Fun Pink River Dolphin Facts

Represented in the media as friendly and highly intelligent creatures, dolphins have always received quite…

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…

Modern Traveler

Modern Traveler Feature: Visit Remote Amazon Tribe

Modern Traveler & the Amazon Awakening Tour Our friends at Modern Traveler have featured Gondwana’s…

Visiting indigenous tribes of the Amazon

Indigenous Tribes of the Amazon

Preserving Amazon Tribal Culture Few of us can conceive of a time without electricity or…

travel the amazon

Live Like A Local: Modern Traveler & Healthy Living+Travel Feature

Travel & Live Like A Local The world of travel is expanding. While vacations used…

indigenous people of the Amazon

Indigenous People of the Amazon

Amazonian Native Tribes When most people think of traveling to the Amazon Rainforest, trees, rivers…

Ecuador bro-cation

Bro-cation in Ecuador: Modern Traveler Feature

Bro-cation: Grab some buddies and travel! Gondwana’s Amazon Awakening tour in Ecuador has been featured…

Visiting the Achuar

Visit With the Achuar Tribe Ever heard the saying “the journey is the destination”? When…

Birds of the Amazon Rainforest

Save the Rainforest-Again

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

The New York Times

The New York Times Features Gondwana’s Ecuador Trip

Ecuador is named an Eco-Concious Tour by The New York Times Gondwana has been featured…

Andes to the Amazon Rainforest

16 travelers went to Ecuador February 2015. See what happened in this one-of-a-kind ecotour. Now…

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Ecuador Travel: Diversity, Diversity, Diversity

Ecuador is by no means a big guy. You could make 35 copies of it…

5 Reasons to Travel to Ecuador

5 Reasons to Travel to Ecuador Ecuador is a lively country filled with fascinating people,…

Amazon Rainforest Wildlife: Plenty of Weirdness

The Land of Plenty It will surprise no one to hear that the Amazon Rainforest…

Travel in the Amazon Rainforest: The Why and the How

Best in the West: Why the Amazon Rainforest Matters There was a time in the…

Dreams of the Amazon

Four years ago, I woke up at 4:00 AM and slowly made my way to…

My Summer in the Amazon

In 2011, I volunteered in the Ecuadorian Amazon. I discovered a delicate yet complex world…

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