Tui De Roy, our Galapagos Travel Photo Tour Expert, Honoured

We are delighted to share the welcome news that our Galapagos Photo Tour leader, Tui De Roy, was recently selected by her peers as the 2025 recipient of the North American Nature Photographers Association’s Lifetime Achievement in Nature Photography Award. 

To be publicly acknowledged for a lifetime’s passion is something that is not new to Tui De Roy.  Previous accolades that distinguish her as THE Galapagos photo expert include the North American Nature Photographers Association’s ‘Outstanding Photographer of the Year’, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s award for ‘Courage and Active Service’ and an ‘Honorary Park Ranger’ medal from the Galápagos National Park. 

Tui receives her bouquet at last month's North American Nature Photographer's Association annual meeting

Tui honed her craft in the Galapagos Archipelago, her home from 2 years of age until her mid-20’s. At that time, she set out to capture a broader range of iconic nature destinations through a conservation lens, expanding her photographic horizons, and documenting the natural world she encountered in dozens of books and journals. Despite a lifetime of traversing the planet, Galapagos, she is considered a champion for conservation in the islands, remains a place Tui De Roy still considers home.  Marrying her passion for wildness, photography and conservation, Tui’s latest project involves 13 major international photography expeditions in preparation for a new book on SEA TURTLES of the world. 

START PLANNING YOUR GALAPAGOS PHOTO TOUR NOW

We are proud to have worked with Tui De Roy for the last 10 years to offer our hallmark Tui De Roy Photo Tour.  Designed for the photographer and non-photographer alike, the tour offers a slower pace to immerse oneself in the wildlife experience, take advantage of early morning and late afternoon light, and experience the islands through the eyes of one of it’s most cherished residents. Frame by frame, Tui assists our Photo / Art Tour guests in capturing the most iconic species, vistas and landscapes possible over a slow 15 day circumnavigation on the lovely locally owned and operated, Anahi.

We welcome you to join Tui De Roy as your personal photo tour leader, together with two stellar hand-picked naturalist guides, on our circumnavigation of the Galapagos Archipelago!