{"id":17067,"date":"2013-11-14T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/endangered-black-rhino-conservation-is-newest-boutique-adventure-on-crystal-african-voyage-2\/"},"modified":"2013-11-14T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T08:58:00","slug":"endangered-black-rhino-conservation-is-newest-boutique-adventure-on-crystal-african-voyage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/11\/endangered-black-rhino-conservation-is-newest-boutique-adventure-on-crystal-african-voyage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Endangered Black Rhino Conservation Is Newest ‘Boutique Adventure’ On Crystal African Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flying in a helicopter high above\u00a0South Africa’s\u00a0lush Maputaland, one can’t help but marvel at the black rhino \u2013 classified as “critically endangered” \u2013 resting below.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>

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\nCrystal Cruises’ newest Boutique Adventure promises an ultra-intimate and exclusive, hands-on “Rhino Conservation Experience” in\u00a0Africa, with tales to tell afterward that could rival any\u00a0Ernest Hemingway\u00a0novel.\u00a0 Offered with Crystal Serenity’s\u00a0March 10\u00a0voyage from\u00a0Singapore\u00a0to\u00a0Cape Town, the excursion makes guests a part of the vital local tracking and protection efforts that are fighting to keep the animal from extinction.\u00a0 From helping locate rhinoceroses to notching their ears while anesthetized (enabling researchers to identify the animal and aide in the repopulation process), participants will\u00a0<\/span>\"LA15457\"assist the expert anti-poaching team from beginning to end.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

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“How many times in one’s life do you get to stand right next to a one-ton+ wild animal in\u00a0Africa, and feel its skin, study its valued horn, and know you’re part of an effort that will hopefully help this creature, and its descendants, survive?” says\u00a0John Stoll, vice president of land programs.\u00a0 “This 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.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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Crystal’s “Rhino Conservation Experience” is available only to guests also participating in Crystal’s mid-cruise, off-ship Overland Adventure to the Phinda Private Game Reserve.\u00a0 The Overland Adventure, which departs from\u00a0Durban\u00a0and returns to Port Elizabeth, features two nights of luxury accommodations and game drives in search of lions, elephants, buffalo and leopards.\u00a0 The line’s Boutique Adventure collection, first introduced in January, features shoreside experiences that are extremely limited in participation and not available with any other cruise line.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The 21-day sailing departs\u00a0Singapore\u00a0for\u00a0Jakarta, Indonesia;\u00a0Mauritius\/Port Louis, Republic of\u00a0Mauritius;\u00a0Durban, Port Elizabeth and\u00a0Cape Town\u00a0(overnight),\u00a0South Africa, with a two-night, inclusive pre-cruise program to\u00a0Bangkok\u00a0and\u00a0Cambodia\u00a0beginning on March 7.\u00a0 Cruise-only fares start at\u00a0$7,520\u00a0per person if booked by\u00a0January 3, 2014.\u00a0 The “Rhino Conservation Experience” is$1,287\u00a0per person.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Crystal’s 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 more information and Crystal reservations, contact a travel agent, call 888-799-4625, or visit\u00a0www.crystalcruises.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Flying in a helicopter high above\u00a0South Africa’s\u00a0lush Maputaland, one can’t help but marvel at the black rhino \u2013 classified as “critically endangered” \u2013 resting below.\u00a0 Crystal Cruises’ newest Boutique Adventure promises an ultra-intimate and exclusive, hands-on “Rhino Conservation Experience” in\u00a0Africa, with tales to tell afterward that could rival any\u00a0Ernest Hemingway\u00a0novel.\u00a0 Offered with Crystal Serenity’s\u00a0March 10\u00a0voyage […]<\/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-17067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17067","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=17067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}