LUXURY EXPEDITIONS 2018-2019

Caribbean and Orinoco
National parks
and Panama Canal
FORT-DE-FRANCE • CAYENNE
LE CHAMPLAIN 13 days / 12 nights
5th March 2019
from 4 380 € (see page 90)
TROPICAL
E X P E D I TI O N
PUERTO CALDERA • COLON
LE CHAMPLAIN 8 days / 7 nights
17th February 2019
from 2 450 € (see page 91)
TROPICAL
E X P E D I TI O N
MARTINIQUE
SAINT LUCIA
FORT-DE-FRANCE
Pigeon Point/Soufriere
Tobago Cays
Port Elizabeth, Bequia
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Saint Georges
GRANADA
El Arroyo
Caribbean Sea
Puerto Ordaz El Toro
Orinoco
VENEZUELA Paramaribo Devil's Island
SURINAM
CAYENNE
FRENCH GUIANA
NATURALIST
DAY ITINERARY ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
1
Fort-de-France (Martinique).
Embarkation from 17.00 to 18.00 21.00
2 Pigeon Point - Soufriere (Saint Lucia)
3 Port Elizabeth, Bequia (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
4 Tobago Cays (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
5 Saint Georges (Granada)
6 At sea
7 El Toro, Orinoco (Venezuela)
8 Puerto Ordaz (Venezuela)
9 El Arroyo, Orinoco (Venezuela)
10 At sea
11 Paramaribo (Surinam)
12 Devil’s Island (French Guiana)
13
Cayenne (French Guiana).
Disembarkatin.
06.00
Caribbean Sea
COSTA RICA
PUERTO CALDERA
Herradura
Quepos COLON
PANAMA
Holandes Cayes
Punta Alegre
Darien
National Park
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
DAY ITINERARY ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
1
Puerto Caldera (Costa Rica).
Embarkation from 17.00 to 18.00 22.00
2 Herradura (Costa Rica)
3 Quepos (Costa Rica)
4 At sea
5
Punta Alegre (Panama)
Darien National Park
6 Crossing the Panama Canal
7 Holandes Cayes (Panama)
8
Colon (Panama). 06.00
Disembarkatin.
NATURALIST
OVERLAND : Canaima National Park by air from Puerto Ordaz.
See page 84.
Highlights:
• Zodiac® outings and landings with a team of experienced
naturalist guides in the meanders of the Orinoco;
• Special encounters with the Warao tribes;
• Wildlife: spider monkeys, macaws, toucans, scarlet ibises,
caimans, iguanas;
• UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Saint Lucia and its two rocky
pitons, the historic inner city of Paramaribo;
• On Devil’s Island, the possibility of strolling through the former
prisons, in an idyllic setting surrounded by exotic vegetation;
• Exceptional underwater life in the Grenadines, between coral
and multicolour fish.
Highlights:
• Outings and shore visits in Zodiac® inflatables with a team of
experienced naturalist guides;
• UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Darien National Park from
Punta Alegre, and its magnificent jungle;
• Optional additional cost excursions in the National Parks of
Costa Rica : the Carara National Park from Herradura,
the Manuel Antonio National Park from Quepos;
• Discover the magnificent islets of the San Blas Islands and the
picture-postcard beaches of Quepos;
• Sailing through the Panama Canal, truly a masterpiece of civil
engineering;
• Encounter with the indigenous Emberas tribe in the Darien
National Park.
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