The Galapagos Islands, Quito and the Upper Amazon Basin

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Not just one but three trips in one! Six hundred miles off of Ecuador, right on the equator, lay the Galapagos Islands. Every person interested in the wild things of the planet must make at least one trip to this amazing place. Giant prickly pear cactus, tree ferns, and monstrous daisies lend a surreal aspect to the landscape. The exotic fauna shows little fear of humans. Giant tortoises, marine iguanas, penguins, blue-footed boobies, lava lizards, sea lions, fur seals and even the fish are friendly. Our boat, one of the top ships in the Islands, has air conditioning, a fresh-water maker, and even an ice machine.

In the Highlands of Ecuador is dramatic Quito, 9200' and surrounded by the Andes. We shop at colorful Indian markets and clamber on the slopes of snow capped volcanoes. Next we fly into the upper Amazon Basin for a stay at a comfortable lodge—you will swear you are on a Hollywood set. There are jaguars, crocodiles, piranhas, monkeys, sloths and more exotic tropical plants and birds than you can imagine. We will venture daily into the surrounding jungle on foot and by canoe. What a trip!

DATE: January 12-29, 2011

COST: $6775 land cost

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Michael (far left) and friends overlooking the Ngorongoro Crater in February 2009. I have spent every February since 1993 in Tanzania. The adventure in the Serengeti remains one of my favorite Footloose Forays trips.

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