3 Unique Opportunities to Explore Raja Ampat
3 Unique Opportunities to Explore Raja Ampat by cruising on Salila Expeditions Bangkok, Thailand – July 29, 2015 – The 2016 Total Solar Eclipse will occur in Indonesia on 9 March 2016, at precisely 08.58.19 West Indonesia Time. Secret Retreats invites you aboard Salila Expeditions to participate in a private, luxury yacht cruise over 9 nights to the remote Raja Ampat Islands (in West Papua) during this magical moment. Experience a rare opportunity to witness, either from the deck or beneath the sea, how life reacts when the lights go out during the day. Guest lecturer, Dr. Lawrence Blair, will accompany you on the magnificent, 10-cabin, 160 foot, luxury Salila yacht, where you can experience the freedom, lifestyle and scenery of your most spectacular dreams. With Blair, you will explore the Raja Ampat and the heart of the Coral Triangle – a region with more marine-species diversity than anywhere else on Earth. You will also travel to the fabled volcanic ‘spice island’ of Ternate, where the great 19th Century naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace had his malarial vision of the Evolution of Species. British-born Bali resident, Dr. Lawrence Blair has witnessed and documented three decades of Indonesia’s history and evolution, as he revels in the archipelago’s diversity. An expert on the culture, geography and zoology of Indonesia, he earned his Ph.D. at Lancaster University (UK) with a doctoral thesis exploring and defining the field of Psycho-anthropology....
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