{"id":16921,"date":"2013-12-09T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/endangered-black-rhino-conservation-is-newest-boutique-adventure-on-crystal-african-voyage\/"},"modified":"2013-12-09T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T10:04:00","slug":"endangered-black-rhino-conservation-is-newest-boutique-adventure-on-crystal-african-voyage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/12\/endangered-black-rhino-conservation-is-newest-boutique-adventure-on-crystal-african-voyage\/","title":{"rendered":"Endangered Black Rhino Conservation is Newest \u2018Boutique Adventure\u2019 on Crystal African Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Africa\u2019sFlying in a helicopter high above South Africa\u2019s lush Maputaland, one can\u2019t help but marvel at the black rhino \u2013 classified as \u201ccritically endangered\u201d \u2013 resting below.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>

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Crystal Cruises\u2019 newest Boutique Adventure promises an ultra-intimate and exclusive, hands-on \u201cRhino Conservation Experience\u201d in Africa, with tales to tell afterward that could rival any Ernest Hemingway novel.\u00a0 Offered withCrystal Serenity\u2019s\u00a0March 10\u00a0voyage from Singapore to Cape Town, the excursion makes guests a part of the vital local tracking and protection efforts that are fighting to keep the animal from extinction.\u3000From helping locate rhinoceroses to notching their ears while anesthetized (enabling researchers to identify the animal and aide in the repopulation process), participants will assist the expert anti-poaching team from beginning to end.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cHow many times in one\u2019s life do you get to stand right next to a one-ton+ wild animal in Africa, and feel its skin, study its valued horn, and know you\u2019re part of an effort that will hopefully help this creature, and its descendants, survive?\u201d says John Stoll, vice president of land programs.\u00a0 \u201cThis is an experience that, both on a personal level and a larger, macro level, promises to be beyond rewarding and memorable \u2013 and that has been created exclusively for Crystal cruisers.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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\nCrystal\u2019s \u201cRhino Conservation Experience\u201d is available only to guests also participating in Crystal\u2019s mid-cruise, off-ship Overland Adventure to the Phinda Private Game Reserve.\u00a0 The Overland Adventure, which departs from Durban and returns to Port Elizabeth, features two nights of luxury accommodations and game drives in search of lions, elephants, buffalo and leopards.\u00a0The line\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>\"PenthouseBoutique Adventure collection, first introduced in January, features shoreside experiences that are extremely limited in participation and not available with any other cruise line.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

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The 21-day sailing departs Singapore for Jakarta, Indonesia; Mauritius\/Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius; Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town (overnight), South Africa, with a two-night, inclusive pre-cruise program to Bangkok and Cambodia beginning on\u00a0March 7.\u00a0 Cruise-only fares start at US$7,520 per person if booked by\u00a0January 3, 2014.\u00a0 The \u201cRhino Conservation Experience\u201d is US$1,287 per person.<\/span><\/div>\n
Crystal\u2019s passion for creating exclusive, eye-opening luxury shoreside experiences are cornerstones of its Crystal Adventures program, helping earn the line top ratings for two decades.<\/span><\/div>\n

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For additional information or booking, please contact Miramar Express at\u00a0+852 3960 0388<\/a>\u00a0or emailmecruises@miramarexpress.hk<\/a><\/span>; also visit the luxury line’s website at\u00a0www.crystalcruises.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Flying in a helicopter high above South Africa\u2019s lush Maputaland, one can\u2019t help but marvel at the black rhino \u2013 classified as \u201ccritically endangered\u201d \u2013 resting below.\u00a0 Crystal Cruises\u2019 newest Boutique Adventure promises an ultra-intimate and exclusive, hands-on \u201cRhino Conservation Experience\u201d in Africa, with tales to tell afterward that could rival any Ernest Hemingway novel.\u00a0 […]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-16921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16921","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=16921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}