These unique educational journeys featuring world-renowned experts are a well-known speciality of Wilderness Travel. They range from our wildly popular total solar eclipse programs with esteemed astronomers to unparalleled symposium-and-travel programs offering insiders' knowledge on subjects such as archaeology and natural history, as well as theme journeys and cultural explorations on small ships, all in exotic locales from Antarctica to Africa to the Mediterranean. The symposiums are built around presentations by internationally renowned Special Guests, offering a wonderful opportunity to interact with and learn from these authorities. Past special guests have included Jane Goodall, Sir Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, Thor Heyerdahl, Will Steger, Barry Lopez, and Frans Lanting. Wilderness Travel Special Events usually fill fast, so early sign-up is advised! For more information, call us or email our area managers.

Total Solar Eclipse in Polynesia

July 15-29, 2009 - Aboard the Paul Gauguin

Featuring Astronomer Alex Filippenko, PhD

This program is sold out, but please call to be waitlisted!!!

A total solar eclipse is one of nature’s most dramatic phenomena, when the sun, moon, and earth are perfectly aligned and darkness washes over the earth in daylight. We invite you to experience this awesome event aboard the luxurious Paul Gauguin on the turquoise seas of the South Pacific. Our ship gives us the maximum flexibility to maneuver to the ideal viewing position on Eclipse Day and offers every comfort as we journey among Polynesia’s magnificent isles and coral lagoons. Astronomer Alex Filippenko, PhD, one of UC Berkeley’s most popular professors, will accompany us to share his expert knowledge—his 7th eclipse program with us!

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Total Solar Eclipse in Mongolia

July - August, 2008

Featuring Astronomer Alex Filippenko, PhD

August 1, 2008, will be marked by one of nature’s most beautiful and dramatic phenomena—a total solar eclipse, when the sun, moon, and Earth are perfectly aligned and darkness washes over the Earth in the daylight hours. We invite you to join us to view this awesome event from our special eclipse camp in the spectacular Altai Mountains of western Mongolia. With its clear skies and over two minutes of totality, this is the ideal place to experience the eclipse. Expert astronomer Alex Filippenko, PhD, one of UC Berkeley’s most popular professors, will accompany us to share his vast knowledge of eclipses and astronomy. We have created five extraordinary journeys which include the eclipse, offering unforgettable experiences of the landscapes and cultures of Mongolia and central Siberia.

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