This is Part 2 of Peter Lemon's blog about photography in Antarctica. Read Part 1 here.
There can be stunning photo opportunities in Antarctica – massive icebergs and glaciers below skies of wonderful colours and variations and huge penguin rookeries with their extraordinary levels of activity and interaction to name a few.
Peter Lemon has been connected with Peregrine since 1983. A passionate photographer, he has travelled extensively in Nepal, Antarctica and endlessly in Africa ever since.
Without an ounce of overstatement, the landscapes, wilderness and wildlife on our Antarctic trips can often leave people lost for words. The immensity and the grandeur of the scenery and sheer quantity of the animal life can be overwhelming.
They both love to swim, they both love to eat fish and they both thrive in some of the harshest climates in the world. But the penguin and the polar bear are destined never to meet.
Living at opposite ends of the world, penguins and polar bears have made very different homes for themselves. And let's face it, if the two were to inhabit the same place we would very soon end up with some very fat polar bears and a rapidly declining penguin population.
Penguins
Sarah Louise Scales is our Queensland Area Sales Manager, and recently conquered the Introduction to Spitsbergen voyage.
I've been lucky enough to visit many of Peregrine’s fantastic destinations. But seeing the Arctic and following in the footsteps of adventurers such as Amundsen and Nansen has always been my dream.
If you Google "Aussie larrikin", chances are you might just get a picture of Geoff "Coxy" Cox. He's one of Australian TV's most recognisable faces, and is also the first to put his hand up for any adventure that might come his way.
Whether it's finding the best dumplings in Shanghai or trying the hula in Hawaii, Coxy's got the sort of laidback, relaxed personality that lets you know you're in good hands.
We posted some funny images of lemurs on our Facebook page yesterday, and asked our fans to add captions.
In Madagascar, you can see eleven different species of these comical creatures in Anjozorobe Forest alone, but probably not before they see you!
The Galapagos is an archipelago of 18 main islands just west off Ecuador in South America.
One island in particular is famous for breeding birds, and is home to one of the largest populations of blue-footed boobies and magnificent frigate birds.
Peregrine Adventure Travel Consultant, Natalie Scales, spent eight days exploring the Arctic on our Introduction to Spitsbergen trip.
The first question I encountered after my voyage around the Arctic was, “Did you see a polar bear?”
“No”, I would reply. Then a slow smile would escape my lips...“We saw four!”
Image of the week: Chobe National Park, Botswana, by Peter Lemon
Trip of the week: Botswana in Depth
A voyage south to explore Antarctica’s frozen wastes truly deserves the overused ‘holiday of a lifetime’ description. From the graceful hulks of vast blue-ice tabular icebergs to the wildlife encounters, to the light itself, Antarctica is a life-altering destination, capable of recalibrating the sense of wonder at the world in even the most jaded and weary of travellers.
Image of the week: Adelie Penguins, South Georgia, by David Sinclair
Trip of the week: Antarctic Peninsula, Falkland Islands & South Georgia
Mike Wood, Manager of the Peregrine Travel Centre in Perth recently experienced the Galapagos on a Peregrine trip. We caught up with him to ask him for some of his favourite moments.
Highlight of the trip
Image of the week: Leopard in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, by Peter Lemon
Trip of the week: Tanzania Lodge Safari
Do you like what you see? Then why not have a look at our Tanzania Lodge Safari trip. A timeless northern Tanzania safari including incredible Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater.
The world’s trailblazer in eco-tourism, more protected areas than any other country, earth’s most biodiverse country: Costa Rica should be on the first line of every nature-lover’s list of places to visit.
Andrea Millar from our office headed off to South East Asia’s greatest wildlife hotspot, Borneo, on our 9-day Orang-utan & Rainforests tour. Here are some of her highlights.
One of the main reasons I wanted to visit Borneo was to see orang-utans in their native habitat, and I certainly got that. But what I didn’t anticipate was that the orang-utans weren’t the wildlife highlight of my trip.
