Wilderness Travel 2021 Cultural Cruises Brochure

New Zealand: Milford Sound to Wellington ABOARD THE CORAL DISCOVERER With its stunning coastal landscapes, small seaside towns, and abundance of marine life, New Zealand is ideal for exploring by small ship. On this voyage, you’ll make a semi-circumnavigation of the South Island, with stops to explore magnificent Milford Sound and its sea-plunged valleys, and the deep lakes and surging waterfalls of Fiordland. You’ll also watch for whales at Kaikoura, and walk along the shores of Stewart Island, the only spot where the kiwi bird is still found in the wild.

DAYS 6-11 AKAROA TO WELLINGTON Enjoy the option to swim with Hector’s dolphins at Akaroa and whale watch at Kaikoura. Explore the spectacular waterways of Marlborough Sound, with a sea kayak excursion around the coastline, and take a bush walk in Abel Tasman National Park. Disembark in Wellington on Day 11. TRIP COST From $9,120 Australian dollars Price is per person and depends on cabin type

DAYS 1-5 FJORDLAND NATIONAL PARK TO DUNEDIN Transfer from Queenstown to Milford Sound, and cruise through spectacular glacial fjord systems graced by towering cliffs and cascading waterfalls. Stewart and Ulva islands offer great birdwatching. Unique species on the Otago Peninsula include yellow-eyed penguin.

NEW ZEAL AND

NORTH ISLAND

200 mi

200 km

Golden Bay Marlborough Sound

Wellington

TASMAN SEA

SOUTH ISLAND

Kaikoura

Akaroa

Milford Sound

Queenstown

Pickersgill Harbour Doubtful Sound

PACIFIC OCEAN

DATE Dec 8-18, 2020

Dunedin

Stewart Island

The Kimberley Expedition Cruise ABOARD THE CORAL ADVENTURER, CORAL DISCOVERER, OR CORAL GEOGRAPHER

The Kimberley, considered Australia’s last frontier, is a vast land of cascading waterfalls and 40,000-year-old rock art, outlined by rugged coastlines and blue- green waters of the Timor Sea and the Indian Ocean. Voyage to palm-fringed gorges, desolate mountains, and Aboriginal rock paintings, navigating the same waters that Phillip Parker King famously charted almost 200 years ago. Crocodiles, tawny nurse sharks, sea turtles, and rock wallabies await on this grand adventure!

DAYS 1-5 DARWIN TO PRINCE FREDERICK HARBOR

DAYS 6-11 PRINCE REGENT RIVER TO BROOME On the Prince Regent River, visit the Kings Cascades waterfall and continue on to Montgomery Reef, with its dugongs, dolphins, and sea turtles. Experience the wondrous Wandjina art of Raft Point and the thundering Horizontal Falls.Watch for thousands of seabirds on the Lacepede Islands, and disembark in Broome on Day 11. TRIP COST From $7,650 Australian dollars Price is per person and depends on ship, cabin type, and departure

Feel the spray of King George Falls, witness the remarkable Gwion Gwion galleries and Macassan sites at Jar Island, and take an optional scenic helicopter flight above four- tiered Mitchell Falls. At Prince Frederick Harbor, witness mangroves, rainforests, sea eagles, crocodiles, and rock formations.

200 mi

200 km

Darwin

Vansittart Bay

King George River

Prince Frederick Harbor

Mitchell Falls Prince Regent River

Montgomery Reef

Doubtful Bay

AUSTRALIA

Lacepede Islands

Horizontal Falls

DATES Multiple departures Apr-Sep

THE KIMBERLY

Broome

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