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Download January 2019 Newsletter update | January 2019 tel & fax 01837 840640 email [email protected] [email protected] ADVENTUREScreating See what we can tailor-make for you at www.farfrontiers.com and www.arcturusexpeditions.co.uk CHINA Trek the Great Wall – one of our stunning new itineraries for 2019 – page 3 ast year whizzed by more Lquickly than any other year I have known. I’m pleased to say this was largely due to how busy we were – a record year for forward bookings, which was very encouraging with the uncertainty of Brexit Putuo Zongcheng Temple always in the background. Some incredible new voyages have been announced recently, news of which you’ll find inside. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the new ships Hondius and Greg Mortimer – their respective whale watching and East Coast of Canada voyages will be unforgettable. Also the much smaller new MV Strannik has announced some awesome itineraries for Russia this summer. We’ve also got plenty of new ideas for land-based adventures, as you’ll see on pages 2 and 3 with news of my new itineraries for Jordan, Turkey, Russia, Brazil and China. A new year and new ideas. Time to start planning a really memorable trip – I’ll be only too delighted to help. Happy New Year to everyone. NEW SHIPS Exciting new ships and voyages for both the Arctic and Antarctic – Fiona Brijnath, Director pages 3, 4 and 5 Ninestone, South Zeal, Devon EX20 2PZ RING IN Great Theatre, Ephesus THE NEW I’ve been beavering away putting together these stimulating new experiences for 2019. Tempted? Let me know if you’d like to see a detailed sample itinerary. » TURKEY A delight! With Istanbul’s new airport opening in January, » BRAZIL visitor numbers on the increase and a new period Qasr Amra desert castle Land of contrasts of stability settling over the country, it’s a good This spectacular three week holiday starts in opportunity to look afresh fun-filled Rio de Janeiro and visits Salvador, at all there is to see and do. Brazil’s oldest city; the Pão de Açúcar My nine day Istanbul to (Sugarloaf Mountain); Cappadocia itinerary the Christ Statue at includes the best of Corcovado and the Istanbul, Gallipoli, Iguassu Falls. Troy, Izmir, Ephesus After the UNESCO and Cappadocia. Sample World Heritage Site Turkish coffee at Sark Kahvesi cafe, baklava of Ouro Preto you’ll and Turkish delight at specialist makers, enjoy have two days in the wine tasting at a famous wine house and » JORDAN Amazon Jungle including a journey by lunch at a local village house in Cappadocia. motorized canoe to the Meeting of the Waters Hospitable Kingdom » best time to go « Mid-March to mid-November (where the Negro and Solimões rivers meet). » guide price « £2,995 per person including flights This 10 day tour gives a flavour of Jordan’s On to the Pantanal, a 77,220 square mile lowland culture, visiting local villages, drinking mint plain full of flowers, jaguars, peccaries, bobcats, tea with the Bedouins, cooking exquisite wild boar, grey teal, partridge and heron – a » RUSSIA Mediterranean food and dining with a wilderness paradise for photographers. Jordanian family. » when to go « Brazil is a year round destination The Golden Ring and more Amid the plains, lakes and marshes of Russia’s Visit the Baptism site at the Jordan River, but wildlife is easier to spot in the dry season vast country is a circle of old towns extending the Tomb of Moses at Mount Nebo and the July to September. Don’t miss the Rio Carnival north east from Moscow known as the Golden castle of Machaerus where John the Baptist which takes place 2-9 March 2019 Ring. Each is part of the complex history of was beheaded. » guide price « £6,950 per person including flights the Russian State. Extend the tour to hike through mountains This 11 day tour takes and explore the Biosphere nature reserves. in Suzdal, Vladimir, We can also suggest a luxurious Dead Sea spa Kostroma, Yaroslavl and retreat for a pampering and restorative finale. Rostov Veliky in all their Spend a day in beautiful Sergiev Posad See page 6 for feedback from clients who fascinating diversity. It have recently returned from Jordan. commences in Moscow » best time to go « Spring and autumn with Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Church of Christ the Saviour and a tour of » guide price « £2,895 per person Moscow’s Kremlin and Armoury Chamber. including flights Experience a meal at home with a local family, learn about surviving artistic traditions (such as the famous painted lacquer boxes), join in workshops on enamel and matryoshka (Russian doll) painting, and enjoy a concert of church bells or choir singing in the monastery. » when to go « May, September and Kempinski Hotel, Ishtar early October » guide price « £4,840 per person including flights 2 Hagia Sophia ARCTIC 2019 STOP PRESS: We’ve recently learned that the well-known explorer, Greg Mortimer, will be the expedition leader on the new ship’s maiden voyage departing from Ushuaia on 31 October 2019! Call me for details. » ARCTIC voyages 2020 – Iceland, Canada and more We’ve some fascinating new itineraries on board » CHINA the stunning new purpose-built expedition vessel Greg Mortimer, sailing dates below: Trek the Great Wall My new 12 day trekking itinerary will immerse you in China’s fascinating landscape and history. The 2,000 year old Great Wall winds nearly 9,000km from east to west across desert and mountain, grassland and British Isles to plateau. Spend two days getting to know Beijing and then trek three important Spitsbergen sections of the Wall (Laolongtou, the stretch to the ocean, Shanhaiguan Military We’ve a special 10 per cent off promotion for this Pass and the Great Wall Museum). new voyage departing from Leith, Edinburgh on 3 June 2019 on Sea Spirit, combining Fair Isle, the Each day starts from a different location and » Inuit Arctic and beyond Shetlands and the Faroe Islands with Spitsbergen. you walk for three to five hours amid A 21 day voyage from Reykjavik to St John’s taking It’s a great introduction for those new to incomparable views and history before in some of the best scenery in Iceland, South expedition cruising or an interesting itinerary for returning at night to a local hotel or Greenland and East Coast Canada, encountering seasoned travellers. Your expedition leader will be guesthouse. On day eight, you’ll visit the traditional Inuit communities and their cultures on Dr. Huw Lewis-Jones, former curator at the majestic Putuo Zongcheng Temple, built in the way. The Torngat Mountains are home to polar Scott Polar Research Institute and the National 1771 in Tibetan Buddhism style and Chengde bears and caribou – and in the dark night sky in Maritime Museum. I heard him lecture recently in Mountain Retreat, a popular summer resort mid-Autumn you might see the Aurora Borealis. Ireland – one of the best speakers you will come for emperors in the Qing Dynasty, which was » when « 23 September – 13 October 2020 across. You’ll also benefit from famous wildlife the biggest Imperial garden in the world. » offer « 10 per cent off Balcony Staterooms photographer Rick Sammon’s award winning » best time to go « May, September and until 15 January 2019 experience in the free photography option. early October » guide price « £6,595 per person for a Photo: Jaroslav Nikitin, Poseidon Expeditions » Kapitan Khlebnikov 12 day holiday including flights ‘Ice’ Breaking news! We’re very excited to be able to offer the famous polar class icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov for Shanhaiguan Military Pass three Wrangel Island expeditions in the High Arctic this year. She holds the passenger ship record for the most crossings of the Northwest Passage and has circumnavigated Antarctica twice. Recently refurbished, she accommodates up to 110 guests in well-appointed and spacious cabins and suites and has a fleet of 10 Zodiacs » Iceland, Jan Mayen and Svalbard for maximum ice exploration. Let me know if Travelling over 11 days from Reykjavik to you’re interested in her! Longyearbyen on Greg Mortimer, discover Iceland’s Chengde Mountain Resort majestic Westfjords, Jan Mayen, the world’s Photo: Sam Crimmin northernmost active volcanic island, and Svalbard’s north west coast. Be thrilled by dramatic bird cliffs and puffins nesting on ledges, Zodiac cruise through glacier-filled fjords, hike the tundra, search for polar bears and see walrus hauled out on the pack ice. » when « 12-22 June 2020 » offer « 20 per cent off all cabin categories until 15 January 2019 3 Unforgettable experien Ebeko Volcano, Kuril Islands » MV STRANNIK – WILDLIFE, inaugural itineraries WILDERNESS The new MV Strannik is heading north into Russia for some intriguing itineraries from April AND WINE to end September 2019: The Galapagos of the Orient (three island groups south of Tokyo); the Kuril Islands; Commander Islands; the Russian Far East coast; Islands and peoples of the Bering Sea and the New Siberian Islands. She’s a small ocean-going expedition ship and » INDIA’S wildlife haven an exciting new option if you’re keen to Situated in the Terai, the marshy jungle region of experience less predictable and risk-averse Uttar Pradesh, Jaagir Lodge started life as a expedition voyaging than on the bigger ships. 1940s colonial building. Here, from December to Strannik sleeps 12 in five en-suite cabins June, you can explore the incredible forest reserve (double, twin or triple berth). Combine one of of Dudhwa, the only national park in India where her voyages this summer with a land-based you might see tiger, leopard, one-horned rhino, exploration of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
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