Antarctica Cruise
King Penguins by Lenare Thompson
January 6 - 23, 2007
Your place on this Venture is reserved with your completed registration and deposit of $700/person are submitted. Deposit may be made via the ‘book now’ button above, or by contacting the Ventures office. We accept credit cards for an additional fee (2.9% for MC, Visa, Discover; 3.9% for AmEx), but you may also pay by bank transfer via our website. If paying by cash, check, or money order (payable to ‘VENTURES BIRDING’), please mail in your payment with a paper registration form to PO Box 1095, Skyland, NC 28776, or contact our office. This Venture is limited to 15 participants.
In 2013 no fewer than 15 new bird species were described in the Brazilian Amazon. Many of those discoveries came from the poorly known region of the Aripuanã River of the Southern Amazon in Brazil lying between the Madeira and Tapajós rivers. The target bird for our exploratory tour of this region is the Rondonia Bushbird, a species of antbird first described in 1986. We will also target more than a half dozen other newly described species, in addition, to a stro ng supporting cast of regional endemics and near-endemics, such as Campina Jay, Inambari Woodcreeper, Chico’s Tyrannulet, Humaita Antbird, and Predicted Antwren. This trip to the remote reaches of the southern Amazon in the state of Rondonia offers an opportunity to see some of the least known birds of the Amazon.
Our accommodation will be comfortable and convenient to the best birding spots. The food is excellent, and our local guides are outstanding. Although we are dedicating much of our time to antbirds, we will still enjoy all of the other birds, which will include a wide range of tanagers, trogons, hummingbirds and many more.
Join Mark and Simon for this unforgettable Venture to Brazil’s Amazon! Book now »
Cost of Antarctica Cruise Venture
$TBA from Buenos Aires, Argentina, based on double occupancy, $TBA single supplement.
Price includes: All transportation throughout, all accommodation, all meals, excursions listed in itinerary, trip information, packet & bird checklist, and guide/leader service throughout.
Not included: Round-trip airfare to Buenos Aires, departure tax, alcoholic beverages, and gratuities to cruise staff, laundry, and other items of a personal nature.
We will organize pre a pre-trip in Argentina for those who wish to do some extra birding. While on the cruise ship, we will have full day excursions in Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Falkland Islands and a free day in Montevideo. As this is a large cruise ship without Zodiacs and landing craft, we will NOT be setting foot on the Antarctic Peninsula. We will doing our wildlife watching from the decks.
Birds & Mammals We Hope to See
Antarctic peninsula cruise target birds: skua, Antarctic Tern, Snowy Sheathbill, Macaroni, Chinstrap, Adelie, and Gentoo Penguins, gulls, giant-petrels, Gray-headed, Light-mantled, Wandering and Black-browed Albatross, storm-petrels, Common Diving-Petrel, prions, Southern Fulmar, Great,shearwaters, Soft-plumed, Kerguelen, Snow, Blue, Cape and Antarctic Petrels.
Falklands target birds: Falklands Steamer-duck, Snowy Sheathbill, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Blackish Oystercatcher, Two-banded Plover, Slender-billed Prion and Silvery Grebe.
Mammals
Crabeater, Weddell, Leopard and Southern Elephant-Seal, Orca, Blue, Fin, Minke and Humpback Whales, Commerson’s, Peale’s and Hourglass Dolphins
