Bonjour,
Un ami Photographe pro Finlandais organise l'hiver prochain un voyage de 29 jours dans ces terres oubliées, il reste deux places pour des photographes, il m'a demandé d'en parler autour de moi.
Time: 24.12.2011 – 21.1.2012, 29 days from Falkland to Falkland
Group size: 6
Tour Leader: Wildlife Photographer Jouni Klinga
Price: 10 980 eur + flights to Falkland (Mount Pleasant airport)
Further information: Jouni Klinga, jouni@klinga.fi tel. +358 400 191 348
www.kuvausmatkat.fi – info@kuvausmatkat.fi
Official tour company: Galapagos Tours Ltd (Finland)
About our motor yacht Golden Fleece:
• Motor sailing yacht
• Length 65 feet
• 4 cabins with lower beds, 2 bath rooms with shower
http://www.goldenfleecexp.co.fk/english/gf_specs_en.html
Price will include all meals, transport and services during the tour.
Not included: Airfare to Falkland Islands, Mount Pleasant
South Georgia Island government fee
Airport taxes
Tour program
Sat 24.12.2011 Falkland Island
Arriving by LAN flight from Santiago de Chile.
Transport to Stanley, last shoppings and accommodating in Golden Fleece at the pier.
Sun 25. - Wed 28.12.2011. Falkland Island, Stanley - // Polar Front // - Shag Rock – South Georgia
Early morning we will start our cruise to far East and say farewell to Falklands. It will take about 4,5 days to cross the Polar front before arriving to South Georgia.
Thu 29.12.2011 – Tue 10.1.2012 South Georgia
Almost two weeks we are going to explore the great wonders of magic South Georgia islands. The final daily program will be customized according to weather conditions and our group wishers. All of us will be photographers and our main goal is to spend maximum time on shore. We are going to wake up early, will come back on board for lunch and after a small nap will be going back again to spent time with penguins and albatrosses – or with seals.
We will be focusing for the most important locations where we can spend even two or three days for more in deep photographing possibilities.
Here is some of our main goals, but all destinations will be under the safety regulations and our captain Jerome Poncet will have always the last word. Our Falkland Island based captain has more than 30 years experience on these waters and normally he is running there photographers from BBC or National Geographic.
Elsehul Bay
Larsen harbour // Drygalskin vuono
Cooper Bay
Gold Harbour
Royal Bay
St Andrews Bay
Cobblers Cove
Grytviken – Herkules Bay
Prion
Salisbury Plain
Tue 10.1. – Sat 14.1.2012 Farewell Point - // Polar Front // - Stanley
After almost two weeks with the amazing wildlife, icebergs and snow capped mountains it is time to get back to Polar Front. Returning to Falkland Islands will take about 5 days.
After arriving to Falklands we are going to spent one night in Stanley, but after custom formalities our great expedition will continue with a Falkland Islands circumnavigation!
On Falkland Islands the most amazing wildlife spots are out of reach for normal visitors. They are at the far corners of the islands, and they are not possible to reach by small plane as most of the other islands. But the wildlife is astonishing.
These great wonders are Steeple Jason and New Island.
It will take one full day to navigate to Steeple Jason, and we will spent a full day there with photographing. (normal cruise ship visitors will stop there just for couple of hours).
During the next night we will go forward to New Island and spend another full day there photographing and enjoying the rich wildlife.
While returning back to the main port of Falkland, Stanley, we will terminate our tour on the way to Sea Lion island. There we can find one of the most remote wilderness hotel.
Wed 18.1. – Fri 20.1. Sea Lion Island
After three and a half week on sea we will move to the remote wilderness hotel, relax and enjoy of the good service. But, there is amazing variety of wildlife also here, penguin colonies starting just 200 meters from the resort.
Fri 20.1. Sea Lion - Stanley
A small Falkland Islands Goverment Air Service plain will be coming to pick us for a half an hour flight back to Stanley.
Sat 21.1. Stanley
Transport to the airport. LAN flights back to Europe via Santiago de Chile will depart during the afternoon.
From Finland a roundtrip airfare Helsinki-Madrid-Santiago-Falklands // Falklands -Santiago-Madrid-Helsinki by LAN airways and with these dates do cost about 1 600 eur.
