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New Zealand Birding Trip

Birding Down Under

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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$6638
Extra Costs: Landing fees US$310 for V2490. US$350 for V2560
Departs: Nov 4 - 22 ,2007 Nov 9 - 27 2008 - 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 / Dunedin
Day 2: Embark Ship
Day 3: Snares Island
Day 4: Enderby 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.


Click here for the detailed trip dossier


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