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2008
Tour
and Booking Information
Newfoundland Adventure (click for details)
Our Most
Popular!
Experience the world's
largest gathering of humpback whales and a fabulous diversity of
marine wildlife. Small groups and giant landscapes are featured.
These departures are all guaranteed to go. While we can never
promise whales, these dates include the prime whale watching season
(100 per cent viewing success 1994-2007). Most years we see the
largest numbers and varieties of whales between late June and early
August. The seabirds are thinning out by late July but everybody
should see murres, puffins, razorbilled auks, gannets, eagles,
moose, caribou, and many other species of wildlife. Since 1993
(except 1999, 2005 and 2006) everybody saw icebergs on our June and
July trips. Guests also get to enjoy eastern Newfoundland's museums,
lighthouses, trails, wildflowers, songbirds, flavours, and local
folks.
Whale Study Week
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details)
Participate
in Actual Whale Research!
Our Whale Study Week is a great opportunity to participate in actual whale research. Or whale lovers can simply
enjoy being in the company of these majestic animals as they travel and sometimes play in their northern feeding
grounds.
For groups with a special interest in marine mammal biology, we provide special evening presentations on marine
mammal entrapment research, whale biology, dolphin intelligence, whale distribution, and general marine ecology.
Wildland Tours president Dave Snow has taught marine mammal biology in Canada and the United States and has been involved
with field studies with some of the world's best known whale researchers. You do not need to be an expert to enjoy
this holiday; the program is suitable for any nature enthusiast who wants to enjoy the company of whales. And although
we do try to collect useful scientific information, the holiday is simply a wonderful experience for anybody interested
in fun, photography, or a unique adventure.
Viking
Trail Experience
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details)
Journey
through Time!
Journey through time with us to learn
about the birth of a continent and the death of an ocean. Walk in
the footsteps of the New World's first peoples and explore the home
of the first Viking explorers. This exciting holiday starts and ends
in Deer Lake, Newfoundland and explores the nature and geology of
Gros Morne National Park — a United Nations World Heritage Site.
L'Anse aux Meadows, North America's only known Viking settlement and
Red Bay, the Labrador home of over 1,500 Basque whalers during the
1540s, are also highlights of this unique vacation. The holiday also
features the northern terminus of the Appalachian Mountains, a visit
to the Grenfell Interpretation Centre, lots of birds and wildlife,
plus a short journey to the "centre of the earth." Enjoy
Newfoundlanders, our culture, and our landscape on this
unforgettable holiday. And help us celebrate the 1008th anniversary
of the Vikings walking our shores.
May
Magic (click
for details)
You Choose the
Dates!
A holiday where you choose the dates and
leave the rest to us. Begin with a boat tour featuring North America's largest puffin
colony, and thousands of other seabirds. Often we find dolphins,
humpbacks, and the year's first fin whales.
Travel to North America's most easterly point and briefly explore the
oldest City before traveling to the first outpost of New France. Visit the Continent's third largest gannet colony. This site is
also a breeding ground for thousands of other seabirds and they will
all be waiting for your camera.
Northern Whale
Study (click
for details)
First Whale Census Vacation in Northern Newfoundland and Southern
Labrador
Join a Wildland Tours naturalist on
our quest to study and catalogue the humpbacks and orcas of northern
Newfoundland and southern Labrador. The area is incredibly rich with
wildlife but is one of North America's least studied marine areas.
Enjoy comfortable nights, wild days, and some of our planet's most
dramatic landscapes as we count humpbacks and pioneer the study of
eastern North America's orcas.
Northern
Labrador Polar Bear Cruise (click
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Polar Bear Expedition to the Torngat Mountains and Nunatsiavut
This expedition to look for the
polar bears of Canada’s newest national park takes in one of
Canada’s least explored and most beautiful coastlines. The north
coast of Labrador is home to some of the planet’s most stirring
Arctic tales. Traders, explorers, distinctive cultures, and
delicious traditions going back to the earliest peoples in North
America combine to make this one of our planet’s most exciting
coastal adventures.
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