Posted in Featured tours on Nov 18th, 2010 1 Comment »
Courtesy Orion Expedition Cruises Travel writer Bill Altaffer shared a portion of his travelogue on touring The Kimberley region in Australia with us. In this installment, he describes Aboriginal rock art and a fascinating reef. We disembarked at Raft Point for a steep climb up to view old Aboriginal rock art in a saddle of [...]
Posted in Special offers on Nov 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Sign up for our spectacular August 2011 Kimberley Expedition aboard the Orion before November 30, 2010, and you’ll receive a free scenic helicopter flight over your choice of King George Falls or Mitchell Falls. This special offer has a retail value of $475. Flightseeing gives you a bird’s eye view of one of the most [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Sep 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
Travel writer Bill Altaffer shared a portion of his travelogue on touring The Kimberley region in Australia with us. In this installment, he describes a marquis attraction in The Kimberley: the waterfalls of the King George River. In the morning, we arrived at the mouth of the King George River. Some travelers choose to take [...]
Posted in Active Adventures, Snorkeling on Aug 31st, 2010 1 Comment »
Snorkeling gives travelers the best of all worlds: The chance to see brilliant and vibrant seascapes without the expense and special training that scuba diving requires. In fact, many of our snorkeling guides no longer strap on their air tanks and descend deep below the surface in scuba gear, because there’s so much to see [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Q-and-A, Wildlife on Apr 30th, 2010 1 Comment »
© Jürgen Freund / WWF-Canon Naturalist Rick Price awoke in Indonesia last month to a beautiful morning: A mirror calm sea, full sun, a few cottony clouds dotting the blue sky. The goal for the day was to search out a species considered as gruesome as the day was gorgeous: the fabled Komodo dragon. Price [...]
Posted in Photography on Apr 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Soft corals covering a natural reef arch, Papua New Guinea. © Jürgen Freund / WWF-Canon Covering nearly 2.3 million square miles of ocean across all, or parts of, the seas of six countries in the Indo-Pacific—Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste—the Coral Triangle is a myriad of life forms [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Photography on Mar 31st, 2010 1 Comment »
© Meredith Lopuch/WWF “The Asmat men appeared in 30 or 40 war canoes, stretched across the width of the river. They were decked out in incredible headgear and war paint – even the one- and two-year-old boys. They used their oars like drum sticks to beat on the canoes, and their cries echoed in the [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Mar 10th, 2010 3 Comments »
Hungry for power – and food – Komodo dragons dominate the Indonesian islands they inhabit, prowling the tropical islands with a commanding ferocity. It’s no wonder the Komodo dragon has inspired some of the most fear-inducing monsters in Hollywood history. Classified as a vulnerable species on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Feb 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Tour lecturer Kim Jane Saunders traveled to the Tanimbar Islands during a 2007 expedition. Here’s how she describes these stunning Indonesian islands. “The turquoise blue waters that surround coconut fringed white coral beaches and atolls in this area envelop a wondrous array of marine life. Yamdena is one of the major islands in the Tanimbar [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jan 29th, 2010 No Comments »
We recently took a look at the top UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves that we’ll visit on tours in 2010. But what about UNESCO’s more famous designation, the honor of World Heritage Site? Unlike a World Biosphere Reserve, which is a protected areas demonstrating a balanced relationship between man and nature, a World Heritage [...]