I have always wanted to see all the penguins of the world and I found a tour that gave me an opportunity to see a number of penguins(Royal Penguin, King, Gentoo and Rockhopper) some of which have limited populations. The tour is “SubAntarctic Islands” from Heritage Expeditions- it is also known as the “Southern Galápagos” tour. It starts in the South Island of New Zealand and goes to nearby remote islands such as Macquarie Island, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island.
After Tibor and I signed up, I noticed Heritage Expeditions had another tour-“Unseen Fiordland & Stewart Island”- which combined nicely with the Southern Galápagos tour and gave us an opportunity to see another penguin(Fiordland Crested Penguin) plus some of the unique New Zealand species such as the kiwi bird. We signed up for this tour as well. It will be before the “SubAntarctic Islands” tour.
Jennifer was excited to go on this trip too because she will have the opportunity to see the last albatross on her list. She has seen all the other albatrosses of the world except one- The Chatham Island Albatross.
