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Well, well, we are still in then? The Brexit madness continues, but we have some great early booking discounts again, with guaranteed prices in Sterling, with our good friends, Heritage

Expeditions. Save over 10% on all their 2020 Expedition Cruises and know exactly what your final balance will be! (More details below.)

Our Baja California and Sea of Cortez whales, dolphins and birds cruise is one of the top wildlife experiences, period. Our 2020 sailing will increase in price by £500 per person from September 1st (due to upgraded Mexican Govt regulations and requirements) so if you book by 31 August you will enjoy a

great saving and a guaranteed Sterling price too!

Birdfair looms on the horizon yet again, we look forward to seeing many of you there…. (rumours are circulating that Tony Marr will be making a guest appearance or two). This year we have a berth on next

year’s Siberia Forgotten Coast voyage (courtesy of Heritage Expeditions) for the lucky winner of our 2019 Birdfair Prize Draw (tickets £1 each, available in Marquee 2 only, British Birdfair, 16th,17th & 18th August).

All proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, to help fund their ongoing frontline Marine conservation campaigns.

In other WildWings Conservation News, we donated another four figure sum to the Save the Albatross Campaign at the end of 2018, and we also made a donation to Manu, the Birdlife partner on Tahiti, for showing some of our folk Tahitian Monarch after last November’s Wake of the Bounty Expedition (third

sailing planned for 2021). Last year the OBC - WildWings Conservation Award funded research on Lesser Adjutant Storks in Bangladesh, whilst this year’s award goes to a Great Indian Bustard project in

Rajasthan.

We promised you a new voyage in the last newsletter, the second ever, Mexican Pelagic, led by Chris Collins and Art Taylor, is now booking for November next year. A U.S. based leader will also be joining our

onboard team. We will again try and gain permission to land on the islands too.

We migrated the office to the ‘cloud’ at the end of last year, this now means we can offer a 7 day a week e-mail service, contact us anytime a tours@wildwings.co.uk

If you need more information or have any questions that our website doesn’t answer, then simply pick up the phone and talk to us! (0117 9658 333 Mon-Fri 9-5).

We look forward to hearing from you soon, or seeing you at Birdfair 2019....

THV Patricia 2019 Last few cabins!We still have a few dates and cabins available on this unique vessel for what may be its penultimate season. Patricia is like an English country house hotel afloat, on a very hi-tech working ship! She allows you want to experience the coasts of England and/or Wales from a unique perspective, as she conducts her duties for

Trinity House in keeping mariners safe.

Prices are held from last year and start from £1600 per person for a week onboard, sharing a double cabin, and from £2100 for single occupancy. Sailings are every Wednesday throughout the summer.

Current available dates are:

August 7th (South Coast) & October 9th (West Coast)

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South Africa Mammals 2019We are down to our last few places for Richard Webb’s exciting tour which focuses on three main areas with

an exceptional selection of mammals and we anticipate seeing in excess of 50 species!

The vast amount of time will be spent looking for mammals, if you are looking for a bird tour to South Africa, this isn’t it. The big 5 are the least of what’s on our menu (although we will see them), Black-footed Cat, Aarvark and Ardwolf

are amongst our targets along with African Wild Dogs plus Lion, Leopard and Cheetah with luck. Largely vehicle-based, little walking is involved.

1st – 14th September 2019 (twin and/or single room available)

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Mexico PelagicFollowing on from the spectacular success of our inaugural expedition to Guadalupe and Socorro which

sailed from San Diego in November 2015, WildWings is delighted to announce there will be a repeat of this unique ‘world first’ voyage in 2020, with an improved itinerary.

We will be targeting some of the special seabirds in the East Pacific including Townsend’s Shearwater, Ainley’s Storm-petrel, Least Storm-petrel, Black Storm-petrel and Guadalupe Murrelet. We also hope to see a host of desirable cetaceans, seals and other marine creatures including Great White Sharks (although getting a bit late in the season for them), Guadalupe Fur Seals and Northern Elephant Seals, so this exciting pelagic

should appeal to those with a wide range of sea-related interests.

15th – 25 November 2020 £5255pp twin share.

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Antarctica, the Falklands & South Georgia 2019-2021We are down to our last few places for Richard Webb’s exciting tour which focuses on three main areas with

an exceptional selection of mammals and we anticipate seeing in excess of 50 species!

The vast amount of time will be spent looking for mammals, if you are looking for a bird tour to South Africa, this isn’t it. The big 5 are the least of what’s on our menu (although we will see them), Black-footed Cat, Aarvark and Ardwolf

are amongst our targets along with African Wild Dogs plus Lion, Leopard and Cheetah with luck. Largely vehicle-based, little walking is involved.

1st – 14th September 2019 (twin and/or single room available)

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In Search of Snow Leopards 2020Dick Filby and our amazing ground team produced four different Grey Ghosts for our clients to enjoy this year, plus record numbers of Wolves and a pair of hunting Lynx! A new pre-tour option for 2020 will be to join Dick and our local guides in Tadoba NP in central India, in search of Tiger, Sloth Bear and Dhole, all well seen on our recce in

2019. For the main part of our stay in Ladakh, we can now offer a Luxury Tent upgrade, from only £250pp.

These new, large tents allow you to stand up inside them for changing etc, and they are even heated! Nigel Goodgame is visiting a site in China later this year too, we plan to offer a second way to see these legendary animals

soon, travelling by car and staying in a hotel.

24th February – 7th March 2020 plus optional pre and post tour extensions

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Baja 2020 Brexit Special Save £500pp Book Early!

This wonderful cruise south from California sails along the Pacific coast of Mexico and then explores The Sea of Cortez itself. The landscapes around you are true desert, all seemingly untouched since Steinbeck’s time still. You will see very few other people in the ten days, there is no mobile signal. Instead your day may start with a ‘green flash’ over the ocean as you anticipate another amazing day of being amongst the great whales, encounter

thousands of dolphins and enjoy birds and much other wildlife.

It’s one of the World’s Top 5 wildlife experiences!

The twin share price will increase to £4695pp from September 1st 2019, subject to availability. Click here for more info

The Russian Far East with Heritage Expeditions 2020 - Save over 10%!

We have another great Early Booking deal with our friends in New Zealand, offering savings of over 10% on all their 2020 voyages aboard the Spirit of Enderby & The Kapitan Khlebnikov, and at a guaranteed Sterling price!

This includes their unique Russian Far East itineraries such as Kamchatka-Ring of Fire (Steller’s Sea Eagle and seabirds galore), Siberia’s Forgotten Coast (Spoon-billed Sandpipers), The Sea of Okhotsk (Ribbon Seal & Bowhead)

plus Wrangel Island by icebreaker (Polar Bears, Belugas, Walrus). We offer full assistance with your flights, visas, hotels too.

All Booking Now!

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Spitsbergen Polar Bears and Pack Ice 2020 Our pick of voyages to the Arctic are these seven night expedition cruises aboard either the Ortelius or

Plancius, with multi-occupancy berths available from £2999pp and twin cabins from £4175pp. In addition to an excellent Polar Bear experience, you can expect wild scenery, endless nights, and a great selection of specialty birds

such as King Eider and Ivory Gull along with millions of breeding Little Auks and Brunnich’s Guillemots.

These voyages offer walks ashore in the tundra flanked by snow-capped mountains and glaciers, the local wildflowers growing during the long summer days. Limited availability.

Various sailings June 2020

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Birding Downunder 2020This is another essential pelagic that needs to be on any even semi-serious seabirders list! The Sub-Antarctic

Islands of New Zealand and Australia probably offers more tubenoses in tonnage than any other voyage!

I’ll never forget sailing away from Auckland Island with over 20 species of seabird in the air together. Add King, Royal and other endemic penguins, specialities such as Chatham Island Albatross, a good chance of Magenta Petrel plus

‘marine’ parakeets and other land bird island endemics.

Next year’s sailing is covered by our Early Booking Deal, save over 10% and a guaranteed Sterling price…. (PS: EBD applies to the Ross Sea Emperor Penguin Expeditions too!)

12th – 30th November 2020

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West Papua - Birds of Paradise Cruise 2020The almost mythical Birds-of-Paradise are found throughout the New Guinea region and on the remote

islands of Waigeo and Batanta, off the coast of West Papua arguably the most spectacular of all of them can be seen, the extraordinary Wilson’s Bird of Paradise.

Further west on the island of Halmahera, the equally amazing Wallace’s Standardwing occurs and we hope to see both these incredible birds on this special itinerary. Join Chris Collins aboard our specially chartered yacht in

paradise.

3rd – 15th December 2020 A double cabin available only.

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