Responsible Tourism

    At Immerse Tourism, we are striving to be not only the providers of your undeniably unforgettable travel experiences in Galapagos; but we are the tour operators who our clients have also come to trust because of our commitment to preserving the natural and social heritage of Galapagos.
As locals ourselves, we actively participate with citizens, tourists, conservationist groups and governing bodies in order to promote the beneficial and long lasting practices of responsible tourism.
    As with all industries, there are inevitable and all too often obvious impacts; however, when undertaken appropriately, it has been shown repeatedly throughout the world that nature travel can definitely lead to increased and tangible protection of wild lands, their wildlife, and our communities.
Immerse is part of mitigating these impacts through sincere partnerships with ongoing industry best practices training, nongovernmental voluntary certification, and governmental regulatory standards.
    We believe in and work directly towards the common goals of positive cultural exchanges, rural community capacity building and responsible infrastructure development, nature preservation and educational tours where social equity, education, health and economic prosperity are experienced throughout our communities of Santa Cruz and the other islands.

We provide a simple and fair pricing policy with no hidden extras.
We build respect through consistently applying quality service standards.
We work at improving confidence and local pride between Galapagos tourists and Galapagos citizens.
We offer a fair and ethical employment policy which is committed to employing local staff and paying fair wages.
We provide the necessary information that encourages tourists and tourism suppliers with making responsible environmental and social decisions, such as using refillable bottles for beverages, utilizing alternatives to plastics and other environment harming materials, buying locally made crafts directly from community artisans, purchasing products that do not extract from fragile ecosystems such as coral reefs.
We supply valuable information on sustainable destinations, projects, adventures, restaurants, retreats, sports and environmentally-friendly activities.