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Discover Wildlife of North and Central America

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Observe polar bears on the Canadian Arctic sea ice from your private verandah. Listen to the blow of humpback and gray whales as your Discovery Guide steers your Zodiac along Alaska’s Inside Passage. Paddleboard off Monterey, California to view sea otters, or kayak amidst Central America’s rainforests to spot vivid macaws and chattering monkeys. The face-to-face wildlife encounters will enthrall on either a North or Central American voyage. North American Arctic

Unlocking the Northwest Passage will take you deep into the kingdom of the ‘ice bear’, as you traverse the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the north coast of Alaska. Besides polar bears and cubs, there are harp and ribbon seals resting on sea ice and shore. Prince Leopold Island is just one of several towering cliffs where sea birds in their hundreds of thousands nest. These include black-legged kittiwakes, thick-billed murres, glaucous gulls, Arctic terns and northern fulmars’ and more. Nearby, arctic fox can often be seen scavenging for fallen eggs or chicks. On tundra walks, watch for glimpses of wolves, herds of caribou, shaggy musk ox families and burrowing lemmings. In the sea, look for tall-finned orcas, the blunt visage of bowhead whales, ghostly white belugas and if very fortunate, the fantastic narwhal, ‘unicorn of the Arctic’.

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On Adventures through the Inside Passage, tundra gives way to coniferous forest and ice-clad mountains reach the sea. Train your in-suite binoculars on their flanks to find mountain goats, Dall sheep, moose and perhaps grizzly bears. Remote St Paul Island in the Bering Sea is a key nesting area for millions of migrating seabirds and a breeding ground for 500,000 northern fur seals. In the protected waterways from the Gulf of Alaska to Vancouver, British Columbia, see migrating humpback and gray whales, orcas, otters and Steller sea lions. While bald eagles patrol overhead, watch grizzlies and black bears fish for salmon on spawning journeys upstream.

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West Coast USA

The Iconic West Coast Experience follows the migrating Blue whales, gray whale and humpback highway, featuring special whale watching tours from Victoria, British Columbia and the wonders of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s diverse ecosystems – from kelp forests to underwater canyons, home to 36 species of marine mammals including blue, minke and fin whales; dolphins; porpoises; seals; and 180 species of birds.

Central America

The Sea of Cortez on the Baja Peninsula, off California and Mexico, is one of the world’s most diverse seas with the greatest variety of whales, including gray whale sharks, humpback and the world’s largest, blue whales. Its turquoise waters are home to nearly 900 species of fish, manta rays and turtle. Enjoy the Sea of Cortez in Depth or Baja and Costa Rica Discovery, Majestic Coastlines of Baja California or Central American Discovery. El Salvador’s El Imposible National Park promises an amazing variety of plant and animal life, including pumas, ocelots, wild boars, agoutis, king hawks, black-crested eagles, toucans and macaws. National parks make up 25 per cent of Costa Rica where you’ll find monkeys, sloths, iguanas, butterflies, sea turtles, parrots and toucans. Andean Coastal Exploration and Peru to Panama: Along the Andean Coast, voyages feature parks and wildlife refuges – from Costa Rica’s Curú National Park’s capuchin and howler monkeys, to the rainforests of Quepos, where guides will show you Titi monkeys, sloths, poison dart frogs, iguanas and toucans. Panama’s Darien National Park features the endangered night monkey and Guatemalan black howler, while Colombia’s Utria National Park is where sea turtles come to lay their eggs.The Pacoche rainforest in Ecuador is home to howler monkeys, reptiles and exotic birdlife like rufous headed chachalaca; while inquisitive sea lions, Humboldt penguins, Guanay cormorants and blue-footed boobies can be found just off the Peruvian coast at Isla Guañape.