2008 Insider's Guide to Virtuoso Active & Specialty Travel - (Page 19) Cru i s e west 19 Cruise west Up-close, casual and personal With a fleet of nine small ships and over 60 years of travel history, Cruise West has perfected the best way to experience the world’s natural beauty and cultures. Their largest vessel host just 138 guests. And the captains enjoy the flexibility (and the inclination) to linger where nature is putting on a show, whether it’s a spectacular rainbow or a rare view of wildlife. Combined with shore excursions and land tours in the company of Cruise West’s seasoned, onboard Exploration leaders, many agree there is simply no better way to travel. ALASkA’S WhALES & WILDERNESS LEGENDS Of ThE PACIfIC bETWEEN TWO SEAS – COSTA RICA/ PANAMA Spirit of Discovery/Spirit of Alaska 8 Nights • Departures May 19 & 20; June 23; July 21; August 8 & 25, 2008 Juneau · Icy Strait · Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve · Wilderness Community · Sitka · Frederick Sound · Tracy Arm Sale round trip from Juneau deep into the wilderness of Alaska’s Inside Passage and Glacier Bay National Park. Gaze skyward in awe of the sheer cliffs of Tracy Arm. Come face-to-face and interact with the people of a remote Southeast Alaskan village. And learn from a National Park Ranger and Native Cultural Interpreter about the Passage’s array of flora, fauna, and the culture of the Tlingit people. Spirit of oceanus • 16 Nights • Departs December 28, 2008 Guam · Gaferut Atoll · Ifaluk · Satawal Island · Yap · Tonoas Island · Chuuk · Pohnpei Island · Santa Isabela Island · Guadalcanal · Solomon Islands · Tikopia · Solomon Islands · Ambrym Island · Vanuatu · Nadi/ Lautoka · Viti Levu Snorkel the crystal-clear waters of Gaferut. Explore Pohnpei’s ancient ruins and World War II sites. Meet friendly chieftains and sway to the drumbeat as village tribes, adorned in shell necklaces, exotic flowers and colorful body paint, perform traditional dance rituals in Tikopia. Here are some of the most remote and unspoiled island chains in the world. Pacific Explorer • 9 Nights • Departures January 16; March 2 & 29, 2009 Panama · San Blas Islands · Protobelo · Panama Canal · Darien Jungle · Granito de Oro in Coiba National Park · Golfo Dulce · Caletas Beach · Manuel Antonio National Park Explore Costa Rice and Panama’s pristine waters and lush rainforests and come eye to eye with howler, spider and squirrel monkeys. Enteract with the Kuna Indians living much as their ancestors did on the San Blas Islands. Visit the remote village of the Embera people in the Darien Jungle. Experience the history and masterful engineering up-close as you sail the Panama Canal. Virtuoso eXCLusiVe aMenitY: $75 shipboard Credit per cabin VIRTUOsO RaTEs FROm Virtuoso eXCLusiVe aMenitY: $75 shipboard Credit per cabin VIRTUOsO RaTEs FROm Virtuoso eXCLusiVe aMenitY: $100 shipboard Credit per cabin VIRTUOsO RaTEs FROm Double Occupancy: $2,916 per person Single Supplement: $3,649 per person Double Occupancy: $6,504 per person Single Supplement: $11,919 per person Double Occupancy: $3,268 per person Single Supplement: $4,731 per person
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