Duration: c. 7 hours (6:30am - 13:30pm) | Meet/Depart: Valparaíso, Chile. Group Size: Trips are guaranteed to depart with a minimum of 2 participants. Maximum group size of 18 participants. Guide: Trips will be led by one birding guide from Fantastico Sur Expeditions.
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What the trip price includes / excludes: The trip price includes: Pelagic trip (c. 7 hours), guide services, field checklist, a free signed copy of our book "Albatross of the Southern Ocean", snacks, hot beverages, and bottles of mineral water. The trip price excludes: Tipping, travel insurance, and anything else of a purely personal nature.
Tour Registration: To register for this tour, complete the Fantástico Sur Expeditions registration form and return it by fax or email with a deposit of US$ 50 per person. Full payment of the tour fee is due three weeks prior to tour departure.
Cancellation Policy: Notice of cancellation can only be accepted IN WRITING from the person who signed the booking form and takes effect on the day such noticed is received by us. Refunds are made according to the following schedule: If cancellation is made between 120 and 90 days before departure, the deposit is not refundable, but any payments covering the balance of the fee will be refunded. If cancellation is made fewer than three weeks before departure date, no refund is available. Slide ShowCheck our sample of images taken during recent pelagic trips off the Humboldt Current:
Images taken on October 3rd 2009 pelagic trip by Enrique Couve  Field ChecklistBirds and mammals possible to be seen during this trip Compiled by Claudio F. Vidal, Fantástico Sur Expeditions (2009)
Penguins | Spheniscidae Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
Albatrosses | Diomedeidae Antipodean Albatros Diomedea antipodensis Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
Antarctic Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Hall's Giant Petrel Macronectes halli Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides Cape Petrel Daption capense Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa Defilippe's Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Storm-Petrels | Hydrobatidae Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Diving-Petrels | Pelecanoididae Peruvian Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii Pelicans | Pelecanidae Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus
Gannets & Boobies | Sulidae Peruvian Booby Sula variegata
Cormorants | Phalacrocoracidae Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria
Skuas & Jaegers | Stercoraridae Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Gulls | Laridae Band-tailed Gull Larus belcheri Gray Gull Larus modestus Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Elegant Tern Sterna elegans South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea Common Tern Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui Inca Tern Larosterna inca Trip ReportsSpring 2009
• Saturday 3 October 2009 | Off Valparaiso, led by Enrique Couve, Fantastico Sur Expeditions • Thursday 5 November 2009 | Off Valparaiso, led by Enrique Couve, Fantastico Sur Expeditions • Friday 20 November 2009 | Off Quintero, led by Enrique Couve, Fantastico Sur Expeditions
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