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2013 Voyages with WWF and Zegrahm Expeditions 2013 VOYAGES with WWF and ZEGRAHM EXPEDITIONS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SMALL-SHIP WILDLIFE CRUISES Indonesia • Alaska • Russia • Japan • Ecuador • Peru • Chile © iStockphoto.com/1001nights© DEAR WWF MEMBER, In an effort to produce fewer print brochures, we are pleased to provide you with this one mailing detailing all of the voyages that WWF is offering in 2013 with Zegrahm Expeditions. We have partnered with Zegrahm for 20 years now, taking members like you to see many important destinations around the world. We are proud to have Zegrahm as a supporter of WWF’s work, ensuring that 10 percent of your trip cost goes in support of our global conservation efforts. Zegrahm hires outstanding naturalist guides who also make conservation a priority. So when you travel with WWF and Zegrahm, you’re not only supporting the places WWF is working hard to protect, but you’re also learning about species, ecosystems and climate change from experts. We have hand-selected the following itineraries because of their important conservation focus: • Best of Indonesia, Part I: Bali to Manado: Visit key cultural and natural sites at various coastal islets in the Coral Triangle, including famed Komodo National Park. • Best of Indonesia, Part II: Manado to Port Moresby: Snorkel and sail through important Indonesian marine protected areas, including those in Bunaken and Raja Ampat. • Wild Alaska and the Bering Sea: Witness the natural wonders of Alaska on an itinerary that showcases the islands and coasts of the ecologically important Bering Sea. • Best of the Russian Far East: During this expedition to Russia’s isolated far eastern region, watch for Steller’s sea eagles, seals, sea lions, sea otters and pods of orcas and Minke whales cruising the sea. • West Coast of South America: The Humboldt Current feeds the ocean off Ecuador, Peru and Chile with abundant nutrients. That, in turn, attracts dolphins, whales, sea lions and unique sea birds. We look forward to seeing you on board! Sincerely, Elissa Poma Manager, WWF Travel Call 888-WWF-TOUR (993-8687) for more information or to sign up. © Dan Kaufman © iStockphoto.com/1001nights© BEST OF INDONESIA Part I: February 23-March 12, 2013 | 18 Days Part II: March 8-27, 2013 | 20 Days We mailed a separate brochure some months ago detailing our two-part Best of Indonesia voyage. This fantastic expedition is ideal for those still considering their spring 2013 travels. PART I begins in magical Bali – legendary for its landscapes, temples and vibrant art scene. Snorkel or dive in the warm waters of the Flores Sea and step ashore on Komodo Island to look for the world’s largest lizard, the Komodo dragon. Spectacular underwater wonders await off Sulawesi’s coastal islands, including Banggai. Search for black macaques and colorful birds in Tangkoko Nature Reserve, and investigate the waters of Bunaken National Marine Park, a World Heritage Site that is home to nearly 70 percent of all fish species recorded in the western Indo-Pacific region. From $10,980 per person, double occupancy PART II begins with Bunaken then moves to the fascinating cultural and historical sites on Ternate Island. Explore the Raja Ampat Archipelago, which has the world’s greatest biodiversity for a region of its size. Visit remote tribal villages along MacCluer Gulf, and spend two exhilarating days in the Asmat, where you’ll be greeted by elaborately decorated “warriors” paddling intricately carved canoes. From $11,980 per person, double occupancy To see complete itineraries, visit worldwildlife.org or call 888-WWF-TOUR (993-8687). © Holly© Faithfull © iStockphoto.com/mr_focus© © Jack Grove WILD ALASKA AND THE BERING SEA July 11 – 25, 2013 | 15 Days © Jack Grove Thursday, July 11, 2013 lived here millennia before the Europeans sandy beaches, carpeted in flowering tundra, Home / Anchorage, Alaska arrived. (B,L,D) and crowned by the Shishaldin Volcano. This is Arrive in Anchorage in time for a welcome the only island in the Aleutians with a popula- dinner. Anchorage Marriott Downtown (D) Sunday, July 14 tion of brown bears. (B,L,D) Geographic Harbor, Katmai National Park Friday, July 12 Nearly hidden Geographic Harbor is Thursday, July 18 Anchorage / Seward / Embark surrounded by magnificent volcanic scenery. Baby Islands / Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island Caledonian Sky Cruise the area by Zodiac, watching for the Cruise among the five tiny, volcanic Baby Tour the Alaska SeaLife Center and visit Exit brown bears frequently seen digging for clams Islands, which teem with puffins and whiskered Glacier before embarking the Caledonian Sky along the beaches at low tide. (B,L,D) auklets. Passing the Fox Islands group of the late this afternoon. The ship sets sail in the Monday & Tuesday, July 15 & 16 Aleutians, watch for minke whales, the smallest evening. (B,L,D) Semidi / Aghiyuk / Unga baleen whale in the northern Pacific. Dutch Trace the length of the Alaska Peninsula. The Harbor is the busiest fishing and processing Saturday, July 13 Semidi Islands are where we may find as many port in Alaska. Deckhands on purse seiners Kodiak Island as 2 ½ million birds. By Zodiac, explore the mend their nets, and factory trawlers offload As the ship cruises past islands with steep shores of Aghiyuk Island, home to huge colo- tons of king crab and pollock. Stroll among cliffs, watch for nesting puffins and cormo- nies of northern fulmars, common murres and World War II relics of the U.S. Army, visit rants. Board Zodiacs to explore, searching black-legged kittiwakes. And Unga’s multiple the Museum of the Aleutians and the WWII for humpback, fin and sei whales. After bays offer excellent opportunities to spot sea Historic Center, and view the oldest onion- lunch, dock at the town of Kodiak, a bustling otters and birds and to botanize amid fields of domed Russian church in Alaska. (B,L,D) port settled by Russian fur traders in 1784. wildflowers and spongy tundra. (B,L,D daily) Visit the 1794 Holy Resurrection Russian Friday, July 19 Orthodox Church and Erskine House, a Wednesday, July 17 St. George Island, Pribilof Islands Otter Cove, Unimak Island National Historic Landmark built in 1809. Due north in the Bering Sea lies the tiny Exhibits in the Alutiiq Museum detail the Board Zodiacs and head for the largest Pribilof Islands. These islands were discovered history and culture of these native people who Aleutian island, Unimak, which is ringed by in 1786 by the Russian explorer Gerassim CHUKCHI PENINSULA MOTORCOACH FLIGHT A R C T I C C I CALEDONIAN SKY Little R C Provideniya L E Diomede SEWARD PENINSULA Gambell ST. LAWRENCE A R C T I C C I R C L E ISLAND Nome Hall Island ALASKA St. Matthew Island Anchorage St.Paul Island PRIBILOF KENAI ISLANDS BERING Geographic PENINSULA St.George SEA Katmai Harbor Seward Island National Park Dutch KODIAK Harbor ISLAND Kodiak ALASKA PENINSULA UNIMAK ISLAND P ACIFIC UNALASKA Chignik OCEAN ISLAND Baby Otter Unga Bay Aghiyuk Island / Islands Cove Island Semidi Islands MAP NOT TO SCALE FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO REGISTER FOR THIS TRIP, CALL 202-495-4683, TOLL-FREE AT 888-WWF-TOUR (993-8687), OR E-MAIL [email protected] © Jack Grove © Jack Grove Pribilof, who found fur seals here by the thou- kittiwakes, fulmars and puffins call the cliffs for a brisk hike to seek red-necked phalaropes, sands; the Russians later harvested them nearly and columns their seasonal home. Enjoy a walk long-tailed ducks, yellow and white wagtails, to extinction. Today, the northern fur seal is through meadows of blooming pink and yellow and, possibly, rare emperor geese. (B,L,D) protected and cannot be hunted commercially, louseworts and blue Jacob’s ladder. You may see and the Pribilof breeding population numbers Arctic foxes and endemic St. Matthew singing Wednesday, July 24 more than 700,000. Bird colonies abound, with voles scampering among the rocks. Walrus Little Diomede / Arctic Circle some 225 species recorded on the islands. have occasionally been spotted here, so keep a Little Diomede, an American island, lies three lookout during Zodiac excursions. (B,L,D) nautical miles from its Russian counterpart, Step ashore in the town of St. George whose Big Diomede. Permission pending, explore the residents include about 150 people of Aleut and Monday & Tuesday, July 22 & 23 tiny Aleut village of Ignaluk, which relies on Russian descent. (B,L,D) International Date Line crossing / subsistence hunting, fishing and egg gathering. Saturday, July 20 Provideniya, Russia Thousands of least and crested auklets flock St. Paul Island Lose a day crossing the International Date around the slopes adjacent to the village. We St. Paul is home to 800 Aleuts, the world’s Line. On Tuesday, go ashore in Provideniya also cross the Arctic Circle at 66°33°N right largest such community. Stroll through town, at the southern limit of the Arctic ice pack. on the International Date Line—a feat few then walk among a profusion of tundra wild- Visit the regional museum and sail by Plover adventurers can claim. (B,L,D) flowers, watching for Arctic foxes often spotted Bay. Return to U.S. waters by crossing the here. Zodiac excursions and walks to the edge International Date Line again, gaining back the Thursday, July 25 of the cliffs reveal birds by the thousands. day. (B,L,D) Nome / Disembark Caledonian Sky / (B,L,D) Anchorage / Home Tuesday, July 23 With the discovery of gold in 1898, Nome’s Sunday, July 21 Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska population swelled to nearly 20,000 miners. St. Matthew & Hall Islands A Siberian Yupik community hosts your visit to Today’s town of 5,000 offers a peaceful contrast Fascinating geological formations define the St.
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