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Far Frontiers Travel
Far Frontiers Travel specialises in tailor-making bespoke travel to Central Asia, China and Mongolia, the Far East, Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas, Indochina, Middle East, North Africa and Europe, Russia and South America.
Sea otter survey in the Kurils | 19 days
Here is the chance to be a part of a genuine conservation and research project working to protect the sea otters of the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka. Your participation in this new voyage will be invaluable, joining a team of researchers who will undertake a detailed survey of the food resources available to otters. There are also opportunities for divers to join an underwater team to undertake bottom sampling as well as free time for birding, botanising, photography and hiking.
Ship: The Spirit of Enderby
When: 8 – 26 May 2012
Guide price:£4,640 per person based on twin cabin (shared facilities)
Clients’ comments
“This was a wonderful trip. Getting there and back was slightly trying, not because of the airlines (both Transaero and Yakutia were good) but because of the length of the flights, the hassle of boarding, stopping over in Irkutsk on the way back, and of course the time changes (3 hours London/Moscow, nearly 9 hours Moscow/Petropavlovsk, and the reverse on the way back. The voyage itself was splendid. There were some early starts and late finishes, a few rather optimistic ‘dry landings’ from zodiacs (I always wore rubber wellingtons and always needed them) and one optimistic ‘walk’ through a pass between bays which involved ploughing through deep/very deep snow for about a mile while on a slope most of the way. But we took these in our stride. We saw tons of wildlife – literally; at least two dozen whales, more than 5,000 hauled-out walruses, about 50 sea-lions, dozens of seals, and at least 15 brown bears. We were successful in finding the spoon-billed sandpiper, and the scientific element of the trip was both enlightening and exciting.”
Chris Meader, In Bering’s wake, in search of the spoon-billed sandpiper, June/July 2011