Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands & MAchu Picchu April 25 - May 6, 2013 aboard the MS Islander
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Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands April 25 - May 6, 2013 aboard the MS Islander Cuzco and Machu Picchu: May 6 - 11, 2013 We once again return to the Galapagos Islands on the lovely MS Islander. We will have a chance to explore the highlands of Ecuador, vist the Otavalo market and the UNESCO world heritage site of old town Quito before we head to the archipelago for a week of wildlife overload. The Galapagos Islands are one of the world’s best examples of sustainable tourism. The over-abundant wildlife is indifferent to our presence, knowing it has nothing to fear from the friendly human visitors. At many stops, we’ll be the only visitors, feeling like we have the whole island to ourselves. Top-notch naturalist guides are trained at the University of the Galapagos and share their knowledge on land and in the water. We’ll enjoy a combination of guided nature walks, Zodiac cruises and town visits, along with plenty of opportunities to swim and snorkel in the warm waters with sea turtles, colourful fish, sea lions and even the diminutive Galapagos penguin. April is the best time of year for us to visit - the water is warm and calm, the rainy season is coming to an end, and the giant tortoises, seaturtles and land iguanas are all beginning to hatch. April also signals the start of the courtship season for the waved albatrosses on Española. For those of you continuing on to our Machu Picchu extension, this also corresponds with the end of the rains in the mountains of Peru, and we can expect great weather and smaller crowds at this wonder of the new world. We do hope you’ll join us in Ecuador and Galapagos islands in 2013.
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Cover Photo © Clayton Anderson, 2010
© Dennis Minty, 2010
Day 1: Arrival in Quito
Arriving this evening we check into our elegant hotel and meet for snacks and cocktails at our welcome reception.
Day 2: Old Town Quito and the Middle of the Earth
After breakfast, our local guides take us on a walking tour of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Old Town Quito. We visit spectacular plazas, centuries-old churches and El Panecillo, which overlooks all of Quito. After lunch, we head north of the city to the Mitad del Mundo where we see equator coriolis-effect experiments, shrunken heads and blowguns.
Day 3: The Otavalo Market
Rising bright and early, we venture to one of the most famous markets in South America: the Otavalo Market. We wind up through the countryside, punctuated by volcanoes, mountain vistas and idyllic lakes. We’re greeted in Otavalo by a riot of brightly coloured handicrafts bursting from the stalls, jewellery sparkling in the sun, everywhere deals are being made. This is the place in South America to find handmade weavings, garments, carvings and leather goods.
Day 4: Quito to the Galápagos
We rise early and head to the airport for our flight to San Cristobal Island, Galápagos, where the MS Islander awaits. You will have time for lunch and to settle into your cabins before arriving at your first stop, Cerro Brujo. You may choose to swim or snorkel from the lovely white sand beach, enjoy the first kayaking opportunity of the expedition or just stroll along the shore looking for marine iguanas and sea lions.
Day 5: Gardner Bay and Punta Suarez, Isla Española
Española Island is the oldest and most southerly island in the chain. Its remote location makes for some unique endemic inhabitants, including the only marine iguana to change colour during the mating season. We may also find some Waved Albatross here, as 4
© Clayton Anderson, 2010 © Dennis Minty, 2010
© Clayton Anderson, 2010
© Clayton Anderson, 2010
Española is their only nesting place in the Galápagos, attracting 12,000 pairs each year. Mating for life, the males reacquaint with their mates by a ritual dance, taking up to five days, which includes strutting, honking, and beak fencing. Sea kayaking, snorkelling and hiking are all offered here today.
Day 6: Champion and Punta Cormorant, Isla Floreana
On our visit to Floreana we learn it is best known for its colourful history of buccaneers, whalers, convicts, and colonists. We have a chance here to send some mail back home from famous Post Office Bay. We make our landing on a unique green sand beach and follow a trail with good viewing opportunities for Large Billed Flycatchers, Small and Medium Ground Finches and Cactus Finches. Flamingos sometimes feed in the island’s large lagoon. We end at a beautiful white sand beach that’s as fine as flour. At Champion Islet, we get into the water at one of the best snorkelling sites in the islands, with its playful colony of sea lions.
Day 7: Puerto Villamil, Isla Isabela and Isla Fernandina
Villamil is often considered the most beautiful site in the Galápagos with its palm-lined, white sand beaches. Behind Villamil are several brackish water lagoons where Pink Flamingoes, Common Stilts, Whimbrels, White-cheeked Pintails and Gallinules are usually seen. The beaches and lagoons near Villamil provide the best migratory bird viewing in the Galápagos. Villamil is home to the Darwin Station’s tortoise breeding centre on Isabela. We’ll also explore Isabela’s caves and shoreline and search the waters for dolphins, whales, sea turtles and the elusive ocean sunfish — the mola-mola. In the afternoon we will visit the Sierra Negra Volcano in the highlands.
Day 8: South Plazas and Santa Fe
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South Plazas is a beautiful uplifted islet that is home to dense colonies of sea lions on one side, and spectacular cliffs frequented by gulls, tropic birds, terns, shearwaters and boobies on the other side. Prickly pear cactus trees rise up from the rocky land that is covered by dense red mats of vegetation. Under the cacti, you’ll find countless Galápagos land iguanas, as the islet has one of the last healthy populations in the archipelago, and here their territories overlap with those of the marine iguanas.
© Dennis Minty, 2010
© Dennis Minty, 2010
© Dennis Minty, 2010
You’ll also visit Sante Fe, which is home to its own endemic species of land iguana as well as the largest giant prickly pears in Galápagos, and beaches with huge sea lion colonies. You’ll have the option of joining either a heart-pumping hike or a more leisurely stroll along a trail, as well as opportunities to snorkel, kayak or enjoy a Zodiac ride along the shoreline.
Day 9: Santiago Island
This island is one of the most picturesque and geologically interesting in the archipelago, renowned for its stark volcanic landscape and the famous Tuff Cone formation known as Pinnacle Rock. You will visit Sombrero Chino, a charming volcano named due to its resemblance to a “Chinese Hat.” You may take Zodiac rides, kayak or go ashore to admire the volcanic landscape, and snorkel in an area often frequented by penguins, sea lions and small reef sharks. In the afternoon you’ll view the famous Pinnacle Rock. You’ll hike over pahoehoe lava, likely dating back to the end of the 19th century. You’ll be able to distinguish the older reddish-brown lava from the younger black lava and identify many interesting features. You may have additional opportunities to swim and snorkel.
Day 8: Genovesa Island
The National Geographic Islander sails into the caldera of Genovesa, known as “bird island”, where you’ll enjoy hikes among nesting colonies of swallow-tailed gulls, frigate birds, red-footed and Nazca boobies all while keeping a look out for hunting short-eared owls. You’ll ride Zodiacs and kayak along the base of the caldera wall, and snorkel among large schools of parrot fish and other tropical species.
Day 11: Baltra to Guayaquil
On Sunday we arrive at Baltra Island, where we say goodbye to the M/S Islander and crew. Our flight will arrive back in Guayaquil in the early afternoon. We have an optional walk along the Malécon (Guayaquil’s boardwalk) to the historic and colourful Las Peñas district. In the evening join your new friends for a goodbye dinner. 8
Both Photos © Dennis Minty, 2010
Your Hosts
Clayton Anderson Adventure Canada
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Formerly of “no fixed address,” Clayton joined Adventure Canada to head up the marketing department. After graduating the University of Western Ontario in 1998, he was an newspaper editor in Costa Rica, lived in Australia and Mexico, wrote travel guide books in Montreal and edited a magazine before joining Adventure Canada. Having traveled extensively to all seven continents over the past few years, Clayton has led voyages to Peru, the Galapagos Islands, (13 times!) Africa, Russia and the Arctic. He is a keen photographer, Spanish-speaker and will be your host on this expedition.
Please see our website for a full list of local guides and naturalists
Tom Barlow Musician Tom has been a writer and performer on the Canadian music scene for 20 years. During that time he has garnered three Juno Award nominations, a Canadian Radio Music Award nomination and won the Canadian Independent Rising Star Award. Tom has toured across Canada and around the world in such disparate places as China, Europe, The United States and Nicaragua. In January 2012 Tom released his sophomore album “Burning Days” (Coalition-Warner). Once again Tom is singing songs about the social realities of our planet and our communities, infusing pop melodies with keen lyrical observations.
Lynn Fowler Expedition Leader - MS Islander Born in Baltimore, Maryland, and one of seven children. She arrived in the Galápagos in 1978 and became one of the first female naturalist guides working for the Galápagos National Park. Lynn completed a doctorate at the University of Florida in 1983, based on her research of the giant tortoises of Alcedo Volcano on Isabela Island, where she spent over a year living on the rim of the crater collecting data. She then lived in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin and continued to do wildlife research under a grant from the National Geographic Society.
All Photos © Dennis Minty, 2010
Your Itinerary Day 1: Arrival in Quito Day 2: Old Town Quito and the Middle of the Earth Day 3: The Otavalo Market Day 4: Quito to the Galápagos Day 5: Gardner Bay and Punta Suarez, Isla Española Day 6: Champion and Punta Cormorant, Isla Floreana Day 7: Puerto Villamil, Isla Isabela and Isla Fernandina Day 8: South Plazas and Santa Fe Day 9: Santiago Island Day 8: Genovesa Island Day 11: Baltra to Guayaquil
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This itinerary is subject to change as controlled by the Galapagos Islands National Park
All Photos © Clayton Anderson, 2010
© Dennis Minty, 2010
© Dennis Minty, 2010
© Clayton Anderson, 2010
© Dennis Minty, 2010
© Dennis Minty, 2010
Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley May 6 - 11, 2013 Choose this adventure as an optional extension to our Galapagos Voyage, or a stand alone exploration of Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley. We will be travelling in style, with premium accommodations, exceptional restaurants and comfortable transportation. We will start in the picturesque city of Cusco, located high in the Andes. This is a beautiful city, with plenty of distinct areas to explore and some of the best restaurants in Peru. We’ll also spend a day in the Sacred Valley, as we drop in altitude and marvel at some other early Inca sites before boarding the Vistadome train to Machu Picchu, with it’s windowed roof. Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft) above sea level on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Often referred to as ‘The Lost City of the Incas’, Machu Picchu is the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire. It was built around the year 1450 and abandoned a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Forgotten for centuries by all except for a few locals, the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then Machu Picchu has become an important site: declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. Unlike most programs, which only offer one chance at the summit, our program offers two days to explore the site, or relax at our amazing jungle lodge below. Join us on this amazing adventure and discover the history, culture and gastronomy of the high Andes. 16
© Clayton Anderson, 2010
Day 1: Cusco
Today we arrive in the historic city of Cusco, at 3,326m (10,912ft) above sea level. According to Inca legend, the city was built by Sapa Inca Pachacuti, the man who transformed the Kingdom of Cusco from a sleepy city-state into the vast empire of Tahuantinsuyu. Archaeological evidence however, points to a slower, more organic growth of the city beginning before Pachacuti. The original Inca city, said to have been founded in the eleventh century, was sacked by Pizarro in 1535. There are original Incan architecture remains at the palace of the Incas, the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Virgins of the Sun. After settling into our five-star boutique hotel, just a block from the main square, we will have a chance to explore the city by foot before dinner.
Day 2: The Sacred Valley
After a leisurely breakfast, we head out of Cusco to explore the Sacred Valley of the Incas which winds through the Andes. Fed by numerous rivers that descend through adjoining valleys and gorges, the valley contains significant archaeological remains and villages. One of the Inca empire’s main points for the extraction of natural wealth, it was also the best place for maize production in Peru. Here we have a chance to visit the historic sites of Pisac, with it’s agricultural terraces, citadel and still-running water, the fortress of Ollantaytambo and a number of other sights along the way. Overnight in Ollantaytambo.
Day 3: Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu
In the morning we depart from Ollantaytambo by train, bound for Machu Picchu. The Vistadome Train with its ample glass, provides great views on the 1.5 hour journey alongside the Inca Trail. Upon arrival, we check into the luxurious Inkaterra Hotel, set in a secluded forest, at the periphery of Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Pueblo). In the afternoon we visit town and have an opportunity for a bird, nature or orchid walk through the surrounding forest.
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All photos © Clayton Anderson, 2010
Day 4: Machu Picchu After an early breakfast, we ascend the mountain to one of the new wonders of the World, Machu Picchu. We catch the early light on the ruins, before the trains arrive for the day. This is a chance to experience the ruins with the fewest people possible. After a guided tour of the site, we have an optional hike up to the summit of Huyana Picchu for a breathtaking aerial view and a picnic lunch. In the afternoon we’ll enjoy the local hot springs. An optional twilight walk through the forest leaves us ready for dinner at the hotel.
Day 5: Machu Picchu
This morning we can chose from excursions through the forest, a visit to town, indulge in our on-site spa services or a second trip to the Machu Picchu site. This is a chance to climb Huyana Picchu if you missed it yesterday, or to hike to the Inca Bridge, the Sun Gate, or simply enjoy the energy of the site. An afternoon train takes us back to Cusco where we enjoy a leisurely farewell dinner on the main plaza.
Day 6: Cusco to Lima
After breakfast at the hotel, we will have the chance to explore the city of Cusco further before an afternoon transfer to Lima. We catch our flights home from Jorge Chavez International Airport.
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Details Cost: $2,995 USD double occupancy; single supplement add $795 USD Maximum: 20 adventurers Tour cost includes: • All accommodations, meals & some alcoholic beverages • Ground transportation • Your guide(s) • All admissions • Gratuities for drivers and local guides Tour cost does not include: • Internal & international flights • Items of a personal nature • Mandatory emergency medical insurance • Any expenses due to itinerary changes beyond our control Fitness Level: Moderate; high altitude, optional steep inclines
All Photos © Clayton Anderson, 2010
The M/S Islander
The 48-passenger M/S Islander is a versatile 50 m twin-hulled vessel with 24 spacious cabins. She is a sturdy expedition ship, designed for year-round discovery and active exploration of the Galápagos. Each air-conditioned cabin comes with an outside view and private facilities. Registered in Ecuador, the M/S Islander has numerous common areas including a lounge with a bar and facilities for films, slide-shows and lectures. The ship holds a library, and plenty of deck space from which to view wildlife. The luxurious vessel is equipped with Zodiac landing craft, snorkelling gear, wetsuits, a spa, guest e-mail stations, a video microscope, hydrophone and SplashCam. A gift shop and doctor’s office complete the list of facilities. Meals are served in one seating, from a menu of international cuisine with Ecuadorian flair. Category
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Bridge deck double, twin beds, one window.
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Upper deck double, two singles convert to double bed, glassed terrace, large windows.
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All entry & park fees Your complete itinerary Team of resource specialists Educational program and pre-departure materials • All shipboard meals • All Zodiac excursions • Service charges and port fees
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Superior Double, two lower berths, picture window.
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Suite, two lower berths, sitting area, picture window.
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Scotland Slowly
June 2 - 12, 2013 aboard the Sea Adventurer Priced from $3,995–$11,395
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cotland’s western and northern isles offer a rich supply of culture, heritage and natural history. In Medieval Times an already archaic society in the Hebrides evolved into the Lordship of the Isles, a sea-kingdom blending Gael and Viking under the powerful domination of Clan Donald. In the north, Orkney and Shetland were welded into a formidable Scandinavian earldom. Both island groups preserve some of the oldest monuments in Europe, dating back to the Stone Age, while today both exploit the latest computer technologies to place them at the forefront of modern developments. Kinship and community are two of the constants in this story; Gaelic-speaking clans retained their independence despite acknowledging the Lords of the Isles, while free Norse landholders battled the forces of feudalism in the Northern Isles.
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As our ship, Sea Adventurer, winds its way through the western isles and the Pentland Firth to Orkney and Shetland, history will illuminate the present while tradition will enhance our understanding of the past. The abundant bird and mammal population of the area will be observed, studied and surely enjoyed. June is an ideal month to visit Scotland in search of birds, with breeding well underway, watchers will be rewarded with excellent opportunities. Photographers will have time to focus their attentions on improving technique and getting small group tutorials. Island folk have always been extremely conscious of the natural environment, as the riches thereof have sustained them. We’ll experience a bit of island life too with music and laughter in community halls and local pubs. With modern touches in many homes, the people who live here still remain close to their roots with nuances and traditions imbedded by the original settlers who first made their homes here hundreds of years ago.
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© Andrew Stewart, 2011
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Scotland to Greenland June 12–24, 2013 aboard the Sea Adventurer priced from $2,995–$9,995
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oin us for a new adventure as we journey from the rolling hills of Scotland, to the remote island shores of the Faroe Islands, the geothermal wonders of Iceland and the dynamic glaciers of Greenland. Our journey takes us from the North Sea, though the North Atlantic, touching into the Norwegian Sea and on to the Arctic Ocean. This is a voyage of variety and contrasts, with Celtic, Norse and Inuit cultures represented as we explore their language, culture, bird life and history. Beginning in Aberdeen, Scotland we’ll stop in at beautiful Fair Isle. We’ll also visit Lerwick, capital of the Shetland Isles, for our last taste of Scotland before heading out to the remote Faroe Islands. On our visit to the Mykines, we’ll find Faroese subspecies of the Common Eider, European Starling, Winter Wren, Puffin, Gannet and Black Guillemot. BirdLife International has identified this area as an Important Bird area, because of the almost 2,000,000 birds that come here to breed. We’ll also start to see the transition towards Arctic-alpine flora as we set sail for our next great island - Iceland. Iceland will bring us a new language, culture and landscape as we sample some of the natural wonders that have made this island famous. Volcanoes, bird and marine life will give way to the lively city of Reykjavik - and we’ll cap it all off with a relaxing visit to the famous Blue Lagoon. Twenty-four hours of daylight will let you enjoy each day to the fullest. From Iceland we sail onto the remote eastern side of Greenland, sparsely populated, but rich in glaciers, looming mountain ranges and marine life. Emerging on the west side of Greenland, we’ll make our way North, with visits to the small, colourful Greenland village of Ivigtut and then the world’s smallest capital city - Nuuk. Here we’ll visit the final resting place of the Greenlandic mummies, before heading North, into the Arctic Circle and one of Greenland’s longest and most picturesque fjords.
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This voyage promises to be one of great variety, with diverse cultures, dramatic landscapes and natural wonders as we head into the land of the midnight sun.
© Dennis Minty, 2007
© Dennis Minty, 2007
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