New Zealand Antarctic Cruises

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  Cruise
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  Day Hikes
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  Bird Watching
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  Marine Mammals
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  Multi-day Hiking
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  Kayaking
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  Rafting
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  Caving

Start:	Invercargill
Finish:	Invercargill
Length:	8 days
Grade:	A (you need to be in reasonably good health) Grade A General good health necessary. No specific fitness requirements View all Grades
Accom:	Cabins
Price:	US$3,800
Extra Costs:	Landing fees US$300
Departs:	15 December 2013, 23 December 2013, 4 January 2015 - see see departures

Highlights: An insightful journey to some of the 'forgotten islands' of the South Pacific. Timed to coincide with magnificent floral displays, you will enjoy coastal cruising and walking on Snares, Auckland, Enderby and Campbell Islands. Such is the richness of the mega-herbs, the region has been named by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as a world centre of floristic diversity.

On these New Zealand Antarctic cruises, you can explore rich and interesting wildlife. As you cruise you'll travel with people who have worked these areas for years as they share their knowledge with you.

The plant life of the Sub Antarctic region is rare and unique. Sir Joseph Hooker, botanist aboard Sir James Clark Ross's 1840 Antarctic Expedition, who later became curator of the famous Kew Gardens in England wrote about the plants on these remote islands - the most extraordinary is the Pluerophyllum meadow, a community dominated by the large leafed herbaceous composite, producing a flora display second to none outside the tropics.

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