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TRIPS IN 2009:
Dates: TBA
Cost: $8,800 per person
Max. No. of Guests:4 guests
Availability: 4 guests
* Excluding airfare.
Based on shared accommodation. All flights and expedition costs are
subject to change without prior notice until confirmed reservation.
Airline recommendations:
American or United from the US - around
$800 - $900.
Tour price includes
- Fourteen days of observation of Orca Fourteen
days of observation of Orca’s seal stranding behavior
- Accommodation at la Ernestina Ranch with
all meals
- Travel to and from the Ranch to the Stranding
Beach
- Travel to and from Puerto Madryn when conditions
permit
- All required permits
- Photo coaching from Amos Nachoum
Not included in Tour Price.
- Airfare from home to Puerto Madryn, Argentina
and return.
- Meals which aren’t specified above
- Overweight luggage. Drinks and taxes
- Insurance -recommended you buy your own
travel , health and diving insurance
- Additional costs incurred due to independent
travel arrangements
- Gratuities to the local guides
Payment Policy & Deposit:
When we receive your deposit, we will
send you a comprehensive and detailed Trip Preparation Bulletin
about the experience and the destination. All flights and trip costs
are subject to change without prior notice until confirmed reservation.
- A non-refundable deposit of
$2,950
is required to secure a space on the
trip
- Full payment is due no later than 90 days before departure.
- We reserve the right to sell any space that is not paid in full by 60 days before departure.
- Refund is made if replacement was found less unrecoverable costs of sales, administration special promotion.
- Cancellation must be made in writing, 90 days before departure.
- No refund is made for unused part of the itinerary.
What to Bring Along
Warm clothes, jacket, wool socks, and long &
warm underwear. Polartec 200 weight or 300, jacket and pants.
Capilene and /or silk underwear.
Travel Documents:
US citizens are required to have a valid passport
and round-trip air ticket.
The following are subject to change:
- Cost of services, which are not included
in the expedition price
- Changes in the local Currency Value
- Weather and water temperature and Orca
behavior
- I will confirm and update whatever information
humanly possible 30 days prior to departure
A general note:
Although we have reported honestly and accurately about our sightings
and experiences in Peninsula Valdez, we would like to point out
that we are working in the wilderness and despite all of our good
intentions and utmost preparation, Mother Nature may not cooperate
with us everyday to the tee, and the Orcas are not on contract with
us. When we photographing in the wilderness along the shores of
the sea we are not at Sea World. It is an effort of wait and see.
We trust our previous experiences, and so far our record is receiving
high marks. We believe that with good planning and a realistic approach,
you will have a successful time witnessing (what may be a lost behavior
in the future) the ultimate predator's unique seal attack on the
Stranding Beach in Punta Norte, Argentina.
Information current as of April, 2008. Dates and prices may be subject to change without prior notice.
For Booking and/or further
questions, contact Amos:
Phone: (415) 923-9865
Toll free: 877-229-4253
Email: amos@biganimals.com
We look forward to you joining
us on this adventure of a lifetime!
To join us, please complete the Registration
Form.
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Day 1:
Depart the USA from Miami or Atlanta at the
PM and arrive in Buenos Aires the next day early AM.
Day 2:
Clear customs & immigration and connect
with a domestic flight to Trelew or Puerto Madryn. I will be at
the airport to greet you and transfer ride to Punta Norte. Settle
into this charming and rustic sheep ranch La Ernestina.
Days 3 – 16:
Fourteen days of observation of Orca’s
seal stranding behavior. With the permit we are granted the permission
to go ashore to photograph and observe this rare activity. Every
day, providing weather conditions permit, we will travel to the
beach about three hours before high tide and remain there till three
hours after high tide. On some days we will have the chance to observe
two high tides. All meals and accommodations are provided as the
La Ernestina ranch. Every few days when the schedule permits and
if it is required, a trip to the nearest town of Puerto Madryn will
be made. At Puerto Madryn, some 100 miles away, we will have access
to services such as international phone calls and Internet connections.
Additional photography opportunities are planed after day time beach
observations. Schedule depend on time of returning from shore.
Day 17:
Early departure from la Ernestina and drive
to Puerto Madryn or Trelew catch the flight to Buenos Aires and
connect with the international flight to the USA or Europe at the
PM.
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