{"id":3513,"date":"2012-02-23T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2012-02-23T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T06:02:00","slug":"wildlife-photographer-to-host-ak-galapagos-photo-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2012\/02\/wildlife-photographer-to-host-ak-galapagos-photo-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife photographer to host A&#038;K Gal\u00e1pagos photo safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecuadorjourney.com\/photos\/tours\/eclipse001.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecuadorjourney.com\/photos\/tours\/eclipse001.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">48-passenger Eclipse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Abercrombie &#038; Kent has booked zoologist, conservationist and wildlife photographer Mark Carwardine to lead a photo safari in the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands May 24-June 3.<\/p>\n<p>A&#038;K said late spring is the perfect time of year for photography in the Gal\u00e1pagos when the Humboldt Current brings cooling waters and more nutrients to the archipelago.<\/p>\n<p>Photographers can come face to face with giant tortoises, sea lions, marine and land iguanas, and indigenous birds including the blue-footed booby.<\/p>\n<p>Carwardine will share practical tips for capturing these animals on twice-daily shore excursions, along with presentations on board about his adventures with <br \/>Stephen Fry filming \u2018Last Chance to See,\u2019 a BBC series devoted to animals facing extinction based on the book he wrote with Douglas Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Carwardine will accompany the group each day, hosting lunches and dinners on board and sharing his experiences during evening programs devoted to wildlife and photography.<\/p>\n<p>The trip sails on the 48-passenger Eclipse, which earned the Rainforest Alliance \u2018SmartVoyager\u2019 green seal of approval for environmentally-sensitive operations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?app_id=259616500730113&#038;href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expeditioncruising.com%2F&#038;send=false&#038;layout=box_count&#038;width=450&#038;show_faces=true&#038;action=like&#038;colorscheme=light&#038;font&#038;height=90\" style=\"border: none; height: 90px; overflow: hidden; width: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>48-passenger Eclipse Abercrombie &#038; Kent has booked zoologist, conservationist and wildlife photographer Mark Carwardine to lead a photo safari in the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands May 24-June 3. A&#038;K said late spring is the perfect time of year for photography in the Gal\u00e1pagos when the Humboldt Current brings cooling waters and more nutrients to the archipelago. Photographers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[352],"class_list":["post-3513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-ak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513","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=3513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}