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Jason Heilmann

Growing up in northern California, Jason was surrounded by the incomparable nature of the Pacific Northwest. While attending university there, Jason met and eventually married an Ecuadorian woman who happened to be from a small group of islands off the coast of western South America. It was thus that Jason’s path led him to Ecuador and, in time, to one of the most revered natural environments on earth, the Galápagos Islands.

Having found his niche in the Galápagos, and eventually becoming a professional SCUBA diver, Jason volunteered as a dive assistant on various scientific projects. Developing his enthusiasm for nature, in 1999 Jason took the only logical course: the Galápagos National Park naturalist program. Interpretation of the Galápagos, whether in the underwater realm or on land, has become a passion with Jason. Eventually he would also work as a naturalist in Alaska and British Columbia. Jason and his family also had the opportunity to take a year-long sabbatical to Sweden to continue their education in ecology and environmental communication. After almost 20 years, Jason still resides on the Galápagos Islands with his wife Graciela and son Matias.

He received his Photo Instructor certification in a training workshop in 2010. Developed and taught by National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions photographers, the workshop equipped him with the insight and skills necessary to help you better understand your camera and the basics of composition—to better capture the moments at the heart of your Lindblad-National Geographic expedition.

My upcoming expeditions

Exploring Galápagos, Machu Picchu and Peru's Land of the Inca

Jul 4 2025
Jul 18 2025
Jul 25 2025
Aug 1 2025
Sep 5 2025
Sep 12 2025
Mar 28 2025
Apr 4 2025
Apr 11 2025
May 2 2025
Sep 19 2025
Oct 17 2025
Oct 24 2025
Nov 14 2025
Nov 21 2025
Nov 28 2025
May 9 2025
May 16 2025
May 23 2025
Jun 20 2025
Jun 27 2025
Dec 19 2025
Dec 26 2025

Exploring Galápagos

Jul 18 2025
Jul 25 2025
Aug 1 2025
Sep 5 2025
Sep 12 2025
Sep 19 2025
Dec 27 2024
Mar 28 2025
Apr 4 2025
Apr 11 2025
May 2 2025
May 9 2025
Oct 17 2025
Oct 24 2025
Nov 14 2025
Nov 21 2025
Nov 28 2025
May 16 2025
May 23 2025
Jun 20 2025
Jun 27 2025
Jul 4 2025
Dec 19 2025
Dec 26 2025