National Geographic Small Ship Expeditions 2014-2015

ABOARD THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER

EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS

» Enjoy access to wildlife reserves available only by special permission,

from Argentina’s Bahia Bustamante to Yendegaia and Karukinka natural

parks on Tierra del Fuego.

» Explore the famed reserve of Peninsula Valdés, Argentina, searching

for native wildlife such as southern right whales; the guanaco; and

Darwin’s rhea, a large flightless bird similar to an ostrich.

» Explore Torres del Paine National Park with naturalists, and cruise in

Zodiacs among glaciers and islets in the Chilean fjords.

» Transit the legendary Beagle Channel and take in the view of land’s end at^

Cape Horn.

“In nearly 25 years of making fi lms around the world, we have not often encountered

such an amazing variety of wildlife, both above and within the sea. Coastal Patagonia,

because of its isolation, is a natural treasury of countless species either endangered or

unknown elsewhere in the world.”

–DES AND JEN BARTLETT, "PATAGONIA'S WILD SHORE,"

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, MARCH 1976

EXPEDITION TEAM & EXPERTS

Pulitzer Prize–winning

photographer Jay

Dickman has worked in

photojournalism for more

than 35 years. In addition to

more than 25 assignments

for the National Geographic

Society, he has also published fi ve books and

numerous articles for National Geographic

Traveler, LIFE, Condé Nast Traveler, Time,

Sports Illustrated, and Forbes. Jay will join a

diverse team of experts and naturalists on this

departure.

PATAGONIA: ARGENTINA

AND THE CHILEAN FJORDS

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Guanacos in Torres del Paine National Park.

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