{"id":14921,"date":"2009-06-23T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/whale-watch-in-the-kimberley-and-save-15-on-orion-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-23T04:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T04:05:00","slug":"whale-watch-in-the-kimberley-and-save-15-on-orion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/06\/whale-watch-in-the-kimberley-and-save-15-on-orion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale watch in the Kimberley \u2013 and save 15% on Orion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orionexpeditions.com\/photo_gallery\/ORION%20NaturalistIs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orionexpeditions.com\/photo_gallery\/ORION%20NaturalistIs.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Late July and August is the prime time to see migrating whales in the Kimberley \u2013 and what better way to see the largest Humpback whale population in the world as they head north from the Antarctic to rest and calve than from on board the luxury expedition cruise ship, Orion?<\/p>\n<p>Limited space remains for some of Orion\u2019s 10 night Kimberley Expedition Kimberley voyages in 2009.  Take in the highlights between Darwin and Broome, including visits to mighty King George Falls, the dramatic Horizontal Waterfalls, Montgomery Reef and the spectacular ancient indigenous rock artwork of Bigge Island \u2013 plus the chance to see whales breaching, tail slapping and blowing.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberley Expedition \u2013 Select from 5 voyages between 22 July and 31 August 2009:10 nights. Darwin\/Broome and v.v. typically including King George River and Falls, Vansittart Bay, Bigge Island, Hunter River (for Mitchell Falls), Montgomery Reef and Raft Point, Talbot Bay\/Horizontal Waterfalls, Cape Leveque, the Lacepedes \u2013 refer to specific itineraries for details.<\/p>\n<p>Fares Guide:<\/p>\n<p>Special offer \u2013 save 15% on these prices<\/p>\n<p>Fares begin from $8,790 per person for an ocean view Category B Stateroom.<\/p>\n<p>Suites begin from $12,125 per person for a Junior Suite and Owners Suites with French Balcony are $18,410 per person<\/p>\n<p>Ranked #2 expedition cruise ship in the world in the current Berlitz Cruise Guide, Orion is the world&#8217;s latest purpose-built luxury expedition cruise ship, featuring an unmatched range of onboard facilities.<\/p>\n<p>With 75 crew and a maximum of just 106 passengers Orion offers the highest staff to guest ratio and guest to public space ratio of any ship based in Australian waters.<\/p>\n<p>Further information on all Orion Expedition Cruises to Antarctica, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Asia, New Zealand, the Kimberley and Arnhem Land can be obtained by visiting the website www.orionexpeditions.com<\/p>\n<p>For reservations or to obtain a brochure call Orion Expedition Cruises: 61-2 9033 8777 (Sydney callers) 1300 361 012 (regional and interstate) or your travel agent. Email: info@orioncruises.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late July and August is the prime time to see migrating whales in the Kimberley \u2013 and what better way to see the largest Humpback whale population in the world as they head north from the Antarctic to rest and calve than from on board the luxury expedition cruise ship, Orion? Limited space remains for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[323],"class_list":["post-14921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-orion-expedition-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}