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New Zealand Birding Trip

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Start: Invercargill - Kelvin Hotel
Finish: Dunedin
Length: 19 days
Grade: A (you need to be in reasonably good health)
Price: US$8338
Extra Costs: Landing fees US$450 (V1060)
Departs: 9 Nov 2010 - see Departures

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Highlights: Described by many as the best pelagic and island expedition anywhere in the world. If you are a fan of penguins, albatross, island endemics or remote islands, then this is the expedition for you.

This nature and birding trip visits some of New Zealand's distant offshore islands, as well as Macquarie Island (Australia), that lie deep in the southern ocean and are mostly uninhabited by humans.

Day 1: Invercargill.

Day 2: Embark Ship in Bluff - at sea.

Day 3: Snares Island.

Day 4: Enderby Island, Auckland Island.

Day 5: Auckland Islands.

Day 6: At sea.

Day 7: Macquarie Island.

Day 8: Macquarie Island.

Day 9: At sea.

Day 10: Campbell Island.

Day 11: At sea.

Day 12: Antipodes Island.

Day 13: Bounty Islands.

Day 14: At sea.

Day 15: Chatham Islands.

Day 16: Chatham Islands.

Day 17: At sea.

Day 18: At sea.

Day 19: Dunedin

See Wilderness News No. 13 for a feature on this hike.


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This trip goes well with the following tours:

"New Zealand Birding Trip, an expedition to remote southern ocean islands!"

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As many as 5000 penguins will bunch together to stay warm in cold conditions.

 

 

 

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"Tommorrow it's back to the real world and I need to shift my thinking back to the routine of work and suburban living. It will be tough, as this has been the voyage of a lifetime."

Leah, Australia