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Discovery & Wildlife Tour
offered by supplier M18551 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 1
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 10
people
Destination(s):
New Zealand
Specialty Categories:
Wildlife Viewing
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 55 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 85 US Dollar (USD)
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Touch the Mauri which leads to a sense of unity between man and nature. Navigate the swirling currents and whirlpools of the French Pass Passage. Share the remarkable account of d’Urville and his ship Astrolabe as they discovered the famous French Pass Passage and d’Urville Island. Be enthralled with the legend of the great Maori explorer Kupe, the giant shag Te Kawau a toru and the formation of the French Pass reef. Learn of Captain James Cooks visit to d’Urville Island and the famous white dolphin Pelorus Jack, known to Maori as Kai kai a waro.
Cruising in the well appointed vessel ‘Spirit of d’Urville’ you have a wonderful chance to encounter rare seabirds, the endemic King shag, spotted and pied shag, little pied and white throated shag, little blue Penguin, Fluttering shearwater, Australasian Gannet, diving petrel, White fronted tern, variable oystercatcher, reef heron, gulls seals and often dolphin. French Pass acts as a passageway for migrating Bottlenose Dolphin, Common dolphin, Dusky Dolphin, and at rare moments Orca and whales.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Also see tour packages in:
Australia and Oceania
New Zealand
Wildlife Viewing
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