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REEFS, LAGOONS, AND VOLCANIC
ISLES: FIJI TO TAHITI
ABOARD THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION
EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS
» Spot rare and colorful birds and flowers on Fiji’s spectacular “Garden
Island,” Taveuni, and in the rain forests of Samoa.» Witness a traditional kava ceremony in Tonga and visit remote island
villages from Fiji to the Cook Islands.» Snorkel and dive amid the corals of the Southern Line Islands,
designated one of most unspoiled reef systems in the world as part of
National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala’s Pristine Seas
project.» Sail into the massive lagoon at Rangiroa, French Polynesia, and explore
the area’s rich marine world.“The most amazing place I've ever seen...the most pristine place we have dived so far.
We have found it. This is it.”
–EXPLORER-IN-RESIDENCE ENRIC SALA,
DIVING IN THE SOUTHERN LINE ISLANDS ON
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC–FUNDED PRISTINE SEAS EXPEDITIONEXPEDITION TEAM & EXPERTS
National Geographic
photographer and marine
biologist Flip Nicklin is
one of the world's leading
underwater photographers.
His majestic photos and
amazing audio tracks of
humpbacks and killer whales have appeared
in numerous National Geographic publications
and television specials. The North American
Nature Photography Association has named
him Outstanding Nature Photographer of the
Year. Flip will join a diverse team of naturalists
on this expedition.Local women stroll along a white-sand, palm-fringed
beach in the Cook Islands.