Heritage Expeditions has added new exciting additions to its 2022 Indonesian Explorer itinerary which includes the Komodo National Park and the Wakatobi National Park.
Voyages are accompanied by award-winning wildlife documentary filmmakers, Karen Bass and Neil Nightingale.
The 15-day voyage will now depart from Denpasar, Bali, on 11th October, and disembark in Madang, Papua New Guinea, before joining a group flight to Port Moresby, on 25th October.
The cruise line said that the voyage “ventures well off the tourist route” onboard the luxury, purpose-built expedition vessel, Heritage Adventurer.
Indonesia’s seldom-visited islands promises dense, untouched rain forests, tropical waters teeming with exotic marine life and some of the rarest flora and fauna on the planet.
At Komodo National Park, guests can view the famous prehistoric giant monitor lizard, the Komodo Dragon and snorkel off the Pink Beach.
Legendary underwater explorer, Jacques Cousteau, famously described the next stop of Wakatobi National Park as an “underwater nirvana”.
Guests can expect impressive coral walls, colourful frogfish, octopus, marbled snake-eels, cockatoo wasp fish, flying gurnards, various crab species and anemones and more.
Located on the boundary between Australasia and Asia, Buru Island is home to endemic birds and mammals, including the Blue-fronted Lorikeet.
Assisted by expert naturalists and guides, guests have the exciting prospect of being among limited visitors to this wilderness hotspot to see an array of species that live nowhere else in the world.
Indonesian Explorer will then cruise to Raja Ampat, 1500 tiny islands, including Misool Island, and explore a labyrinth of hidden caves, 5,000-year-old rock art, indigenous culture and a spectacular underwater environment bursting with coral gardens and diverse marine life.
In West Papua, guests may choose to trek into the Arfak Mountains or visit the capital of Manokwari, where more than 24 tribal groups make their home, and then swim with gentle Whale Sharks of Kwatisore Bay.
The self-appointed ‘Prettiest Town in the South Pacific’, Madang, is the disembarkation point for this trip, or the start of a further voyage for those joining the Discover the Secrets of Melanesia itinerary.
Prices for Indonesia Explorer start from US $8750 per person, based on sharing a Main Deck Triple cabin, and include Discovery Fund, pre/post cruise transfers, post cruise flight Madang to Port Moresby, all onboard accommodation with meals, house wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner, shore excursions and activities, plus a programme of lectures by specialist guest naturalists.
Special offers include a US$1000 flight credit per person plus, a 10% discount for all guests who book back-to-back Indonesia Explorer and Discover the Secrets of Melanesia cruises by 31 May 2022.
Visit heritage-expeditions.com for more information.
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