Postcard Paradigms

Have a look at this post to understand the awesome beauty of this park along the northeastern coast of Tasmania. Plenty of tremendous landscapes, beautiful coastline, clear bays and awesome sunrises. This park must be on your list when you plan to visit Tasmania!

Discover close encounters with many species unique to Australia and Tasmania. At Bonorong, a Wildlife Sanctuary near Hobart - we were able to have a night tour and participate in a feeding. We met kangaroos, tasmanian devils, wombats, kookaburras, tawnies, and many other species.

Learn about our arrival to Australia, Tasmania, and an adventure to Bruny Island. This part of Tasmania boasts exquisite coastlines, lush forests, and wildlife. View footage of our boat voyage in the choppy waters of the Tasman Sea and Southern Ocean. Also learn about the Tasmanian landscape and peruse images of seals and a wallaby.

Learn about our plans to make the most of a stopover in the Los Angeles (Hermosa Beach, California) area prior to heading to Australia. Learn about initial plans to explore Channel Islands National Park. Also learn about our audible on the plans, what we did instead to make the most of things and the beauty we observed in California. Complete with seal interactions, visit to a botanical garden, and some time with a hummingbird.

We encountered roadrunners, fox, deer, many bird species, and more in Big Bend

Description of excursion from Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine in Chile.

Meet some Chilean dolphins and then a tale of a scenic cruise around the Patagonian rain forest

An early Friday morning to Karukinka to visit elephant seals, hike through marshes and discover a majestic waterfall.

Description of navigating a windy and icy channel with scenic views of waterfalls, glaciers, and caves.

Description of the return journey from Antarctica to South America

Extensive landing and hike on Antarctic peninsula with interaction with a large penguin colony and nests.

Photos of close encounters with humpback whales and a hyperlapse video of the zodiac raft return to the main ship.

Details of zodiac raft cruises of remote ice and rock formations. Interaction with a penguin colony at Cierva Cove.

Kayaking in Herbert Sound, followed up by a hike on James Ross Island. Interaction with seals and penguins.

Exploring islands in the Wedell Sea - interactions with adelie penguins, skuas, shags. Walking on sea ice!

Description of our first landing in Antarctica and first contact with Adelie penguins

A short stop in Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego Natural Park before boarding the National Geographic Resolution