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Explore Galápagos with Extraordinary Individuals

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You never know who you'll meet in the Galápagos Islands!

For over 50 years we’ve been exploring Darwin’s iconic islands, connecting with the people, wildlife, and importantly, the efforts to conserve and protect this pristine archipelago. This season we’re celebrating these connections, old and new, by inviting an array of fascinating individuals to join our expedition team on board. See the list below and prepare for an extra-interesting experience in the islands if you join us there in 2023/24. Get Inspired By Photos, Videos, Webinars, Stories, And Exclusive Offers. Sign Up

Rich Reid, National Geographic Photography Expert

Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Rich Reid has specialized in environmental and adventure photography for over two decades. On assignment with National Geographic Adventure magazine, he cycled Alaska’s Inside Passage by ferry and explored California’s Gaviota Coast by bike and kayak. North American Nature Photography Association elected Reid as a Fellow for his significant contributions to the nature photography industry, and he was a finalist for the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his time-lapse video documenting forest fire ecology.

Join him on the September 8, 2023 departure of GALÁPAGOS ABOARD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDEAVOUR II

Don Yaeger, Author and Award-Winning Public Speaker

As an award-winning keynote speaker, an 11-time New York Times bestselling author, host of the top-rated Corporate Competitor Podcast, Executive Leadership Coach, and longtime Associate Editor for Sports Illustrated, Don Yaeger has fashioned a career as one of America's most provocative thought leaders. He is primarily sought to discuss lessons on achieving Greatness, learned from firsthand work alongside some of the greatest sports and business legends in the world. Throughout his writing career, Yaeger has developed a reputation as a world-class storyteller.

Join him on the September 22, 2023 departure of GALÁPAGOS ABOARD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDEAVOUR ll

David Doubilet & Jennifer Hayes, National Geographic Photography Experts

Underwater photography experts David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes are married partners who work together as a team to produce National Geographic stories from equatorial coral reefs to beneath the polar ice. David estimates he has spent nearly half his life in the sea since taking his first underwater photograph at the age of 12 with a Brownie Hawkeye camera sealed in a bag. Between them, Jennifer and David have photographed and explored the ocean depths in such places as New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Tasmania, Scotland, and Antarctica. David has produced more than 70 stories for National Geographic magazine and several books, and has received the Explorers Club’s prestigious Lowell Thomas Award and the Lennart Nilsson Award in Photography.

Join them on the December 8, 2023 departure of GALÁPAGOS ABOARD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDEAVOUR II

Past Guest Speakers

National Geographic Expert Donald Johanson

National Geographic Expert and paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, renowned for discovering “Lucy,” recently sailed aboard the new National Geographic Islander II as a special guest speaker in the Galápagos. Watch as he explores the islands and encounters Darwin’s famous finches.

Artist-in-Residence Louis Henry Mitchell

As artist-in-residence aboard National Geographic Endeavour II, Louis Henry Mitchell, Sesame Workshop’s Creative Director for Character Design, helped guests look at the wildlife and landscapes of Galápagos from a new perspective.