{"id":94,"date":"2021-12-08T18:15:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T18:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galapagosmoonrise.com\/site\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2025-07-23T22:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:41:10","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galapagosmoonrise.com\/site\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"94\" class=\"elementor elementor-94\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a831db3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a831db3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ee8601\" data-id=\"0ee8601\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84becaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84becaa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4f751a\" data-id=\"a4f751a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c9f87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9c9f87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Moonrise Travel<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f151c6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f151c6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BASED IN PUERTO AYORA, SANTA CRUZ, GALAPAGOS.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514ab49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"514ab49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Steve\u2019s parents sailed down from the United States and\u00a0<strong>arrived in the Galapagos in 1949.<\/strong>\u00a0They settled on the island of Santa Cruz which had a population of less than 100 people at the time. When organized tourism first started in the late 60\u2019s Steve led some of the first trips with tourists up to the highlands by horse and mule back starting in 1969 before there was a road. After crewing on Galapagos yachts as a seaman, he took the Naturalist Guide`s Course in 1975.\u00a0 Since then he has been guiding and operating tours in the islands, doing Land Based, Day Tours, Live Aboard and Island Hopping tours to the present day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be8f5f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be8f5f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92e608f\" data-id=\"92e608f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9948836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9948836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jenny started running\u00a0<strong>tours to Galapagos in 1979<\/strong>\u00a0and has organized and led some of the largest groups ever to come out to the islands. She started\u00a0<strong>Moonrise Travel Agency in 1992<\/strong>\u00a0after the children were a little older. She was on the board of directors of the Chamber of Tourism, (CAPTURGAL), for 6 years and has made trips to Europe and the US representing this institution.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With\u00a0<strong>over 50 years combined experience in tourism in the Galapagos Islands<\/strong>, we both have a commitment to customer service second to none. Our company\u2019s main aim is to give our passengers the best possible trip and fulfill their highest expectations and dreams. A trip to the Galapagos is usually a once in a lifetime event and most people have been thinking, planning about it and saving for years. This means that your precious time in the islands should not be wasted.\u00a0<strong>Moonrise Travel\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0advertising up until now has all been word of mouth from satisfied travelers who have been to the islands and told their friends about us. Most of the guide books to the islands mention us.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We thank you all for visiting our website and look forward to meeting you and arranging the trip of a lifetime for you in the future.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-495cea6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"495cea6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-397ce77\" data-id=\"397ce77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed50565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed50565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/galapagosmoonrise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-shot-2018-05-14-at-10.49.45-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-72\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galapagosmoonrise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-shot-2018-05-14-at-10.49.45-PM.png 318w, https:\/\/galapagosmoonrise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-shot-2018-05-14-at-10.49.45-PM-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f97fbd1\" data-id=\"f97fbd1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281856a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"281856a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/galapagosmoonrise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/casa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-71\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moonrise Travel BASED IN PUERTO AYORA, SANTA CRUZ, GALAPAGOS. Steve\u2019s parents sailed down from the United States and\u00a0arrived in the Galapagos in 1949.\u00a0They settled on the island of Santa Cruz which had a population of less than 100 people at the time. 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