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SAVE up to 20% on Antarctic Voyages

Discover the spectacular wildlife havens of Australia's Macquarie Island and New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands and follow in the footsteps of heroic explorers into the heart of Antarctica's Ross Sea with small ship expedition cruise pioneers Heritage Expeditions - as featured on television's Go Further South and Antarctica from Above documentaries.

SAVE 20%* on Heritage Suites and SAVE 15%* on Worsley Suites on our 2025 In the Wake of Scott & Shackleton Ross Sea voyages into the heart of Antarctica.

Enjoy all-inclusive travel aboard our luxurious 140-guest flagship Heritage Adventurer where sophisticated accommodation and gourmet fare meets carefully crafted and unique itineraries, while a fleet of 14 Zodiacs means there's a seat for every guest on every excursion.

*T&Cs apply, new bookings only, excludes landing fees, 2025 departures only when booked by 31 May 2024.

 

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In the Wake of Scott & Shackleton: Ross Sea Antarctica

28 DAYS

7 Jan – 3 Feb 2025 SAVE UP TO 20%*
2 Feb – 1 Mar 2025 SAVE UP TO 20%*

Queenstown-Bluff, New Zealand and return

  • Walk in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s footsteps at his hut at Cape Royds
  • Venture back in time at Borchgrevink’s Hut at Cape Adare 
  • Be welcomed ashore at research stations in Terra Nova Bay
  • Visit Enderby Island in sea lion breeding season
  • See the Royal Penguins on Macquarie Island at their peak
  • Emperor Penguins, Royals, Kings, Adelie Penguins, whales, seals...
  • Adelie Penguins are flourishing with chicks about to start fledging  
  • Catch the peak flowering of the Megaherbs in the Subantarctic 
  • 24-hour sunlight in the Ross Sea
  • Orca feeding amongst the ice, especially in McMurdo Sound
  • Navigate through pack ice that guards the entrance to the Ross Sea

SUITE DEALS! Save 20% on Heritage Suites and 15% on Worsley Suites in 2025!*
*T&Cs apply, new bookings only, excludes landing fees, 2025 departures only when booked by 31 May 2024.

 

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Galapagos of the Southern Ocean: New Zealand and Australia's Subantarctic Islands

12 DAYS

18 – 29 Dec 2024
Queenstown-Bluff, New Zealand and return

13 Days

22 Nov – 4 Dec 2024
Hobart, Australia to Bluff-Queenstown, New Zealand

Aboard Heritage Adventurer

Visit remote World Heritage Sites: The Snares, Auckland Islands, Macquarie Island and Campbell Island

  • Explore Macquarie Island with Park Ranger guides
  • Observe the raucous antics of Macquarie Island's Royal Penguin and King Penguin colonies
  • Watch lumbering Elephant Seals challenging each other on Macquarie Island
  • Zodiac cruise Lusitania Bay - one of the largest penguin breeding colonies on the planet (Macquarie Island)
  • Spend the day hiking the unforgettable landscapes of Enderby and Campbell Islands
  • Look for the elusive Campbell and Auckland Island Snipe
  • Wade waist deep through fields of flowering megaherbs
  • Experience the rarely-seen early Albatross courting ritual known as gamming
  • Explore wildlife-rich rugged coastlines
  • Human history - Coastwatcher's Huts, early settlements and shipwreck tales

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Beyond Fiordland: New Zealand's Wildest Islands

12 DAYS SAVE 15%*

28 Dec 2024 – 8 Jan 2025

Aboard Heritage Adventurer
Queenstown-Bluff, New Zealand and Return

  • Visit remote World Heritage Sites: The Snares, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island, and explore Stewart and Ulva Islands, Fiordland (Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound and Acheron Passage, Astronomer’s Point and Pickersgill Harbour)
  • Discover the primordial majesty and unspoiled beauty of Fiordland
  • Explore sea caves and observe wildlife in spectacular numbers
  • Zodiac cruise glittering waterways between podocarp forests looking penguins and dolphins
  • Spend the day hiking the unforgettable landscapes of Enderby and Campbell Islands
  • Look for the elusive Campbell and Auckland Island Snipe
  • Wade waist deep through fields of flowering megaherbs
  • Experience the rarely-seen early Albatross courting ritual known as gamming
  • Explore wildlife-rich rugged coastlines
  • Human history - Coastwatcher's Huts, early settlements and shipwreck tales
  • Visit some of New Zealand's most remote and iconic locations, many only accessible by expedition ship
*T&Cs apply, subject availalbility, when booked by 31 May 2024, cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion

 

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Indonesian Explorer: Bali, Raja Ampat & Papua New Guinea

19 DAYS

13 – 31 Oct 2024

Bali, Indonesia to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea + FREE FLIGHT TO CAIRNS*
Aboard Heritage Adventurer

  • Enjoy the unforgettable of swimming with the gentle Whale Sharks of Cenderawasih Bay
  • Visit Komodo National Park - land of the Komodo Dragon
  • Discover Jacques Cousteau's "underwater nirvana" Wakatobi National Park
  • Explore the forgotten tropical paradise of Raja Ampat
  • Snorkel pristine coral gardens looking for Dugong, Parrotfish, Clownfish, Manta Rays and Pygmy seahorses
  • Discover ancient rock in hidden caves on rarely visited islands
  • Brilliant birding with up to 14 species of Bird-of-paradise including Red Bird-of-paradise, Wilson's Bird-of-paradise, Magnificent Bird-of-paradise and Lesser Bird-of-paradise
  • Swim with thousands of stingless jellyfish of and explore Tomolol Caves
  • Trek in to the lush rolling hills and tropical rainforest of the Arfak Mountains
  • Thrilling culture encounters at villages largely cut off from the outside world
  • Discover WWII relics and snorkel Japanese war plane wrecks

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Discover the Secrets of Melanesia: Exploring Papua New Guinea, The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

17 DAYS

30 Oct – 15 Nov 2024

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea to Port Vila, Vanuatu + FREE FLIGHT CAIRNS TO PORT MORESBY*
Aboard Heritage Adventurer

  • Discover the hidden gems of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
  • Travel up the Sepik River, home to traditional artists
  • Be some of the first travellers in over two decades to return to the spectacular island of Bougainville
  • Superb snorkeling in crystalline waters
  • Mangrove Zodiac cruise in search of Dugong and crocodiles
  • Meet friendly local villagers – remarkable and diverse cultural visits from island to island
  • A Naturalist and Marine Biologist will also be on this expedition
  • Exeptional birding including Manus Friarbird, Mussau Monarch, Superb Pitta, Roviana Rail, Solomon Sea Eagle, Beck's Petrel, Vanikoro White-eye, Kolombangara Monarch, Vanuatu Megapode and White-headed Fruit Dove
  • Visit isolated Ambrym - ‘island of volcanoes' and home to traditional Rom dance
  • Swimming at iconic Champagne Beach

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Birding Down Under: Subantarctic and Chatham Islands

17 DAYS

3 – 19 Dec 2024
Aboard Heritage Adventurer
Queenstown-Bluff, New Zealand and return

  • Island Groups: Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, Macquarie Island & Chatham Islands
  • Incredibly rare Chatham Island Black Robin and Taiko (Magenta Petrel), and Forbe's/Chatham Parakeet
  • Visit the only breeding sites of the Erect-crested Penguin and home to the world's rarest shag the endemic Bounty Island Shag in Antipodes and Bounty Islands
  • Pyramid Rock, the only breeding place of the Chatham Island Albatross
  • Cross the Chathams Rise, known location of Wandering Royal and Salvin's Albatross, and Cape, Westland Black and Cook's Petrel
  • Observe the raucous antics of Macquarie Island's Royal Penguin and King Penguin colonies
  • Watch lumbering Elephant Seals challenging each other on Macquarie Island
  • Zodiac cruise Lusitania Bay - one of the largest penguin breeding colonies on the planet (Macquarie Island)
  • Look for the elusive Campbell and Auckland Island Snipe
  • Experience the rarely-seen early Albatross courting ritual known as gamming

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Forgotten Islands of the South Pacific: Subantarctic Islands

8 DAYS

28 Dec 2024 – 4 Jan 2025

Aboard Heritage Adventurer
Queenstown-Bluff, New Zealand and return 

  • Island Groups: Snares, Aucklands, Campbell
  • Watch Yellow-eyed Penguins make their way to and from the sea to feed hungry chicks
  • Hiking on Enderby Island
  • Explore wildlife-rich rugged coastlines
  • Carpets of flowering endemic daisys on Campbell Island
  • Southern Elephant Seals haul out on Northwest Bay, Campbell
  • Observe nesting Southern Royal and Light-mantled Sooty Albatross, and numerous endemic birds
  • Rare Hooker’s or New Zealand Sea Lions and their pups on Enderby Island
  • Human history - Coastwatcher’s Huts, early settlements and shipwreck tales
  • Flowering Rata Forests, rolling hills of flowering megaherbs, large tree daisies
  • Options to climb spectacular Mt Honey or hike Col Lyall Saddle
  • Look for the elusive Subantarctic Snipe on Auckland and Campbell Islands

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Unseen Fiordland, Stewart Island and The Snares: Exploring New Zealand's Remote Backyard

8 DAYS

28 Dec 2024 – 4 Jan 2025

Aboard Heritage Adventurer
Queenstown-Bluff, New Zealand and return 

  • Island Groups: Snares, Aucklands, Campbell
  • Watch Yellow-eyed Penguins make their way to and from the sea to feed hungry chicks
  • Hiking on Enderby Island
  • Explore wildlife-rich rugged coastlines
  • Carpets of flowering endemic daisys on Campbell Island
  • Southern Elephant Seals haul out on Northwest Bay, Campbell
  • Observe nesting Southern Royal and Light-mantled Sooty Albatross, and numerous endemic birds
  • Rare Hooker’s or New Zealand Sea Lions and their pups on Enderby Island
  • Human history - Coastwatcher’s Huts, early settlements and shipwreck tales
  • Flowering Rata Forests, rolling hills of flowering megaherbs, large tree daisies
  • Options to climb spectacular Mt Honey or hike Col Lyall Saddle
  • Look for the elusive Subantarctic Snipe on Auckland and Campbell Islands

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