KEEN OBSERVERBIRDING aND ORNITHOLOGY EXPEDITION VOYaGESObserve unique bird species while exploring remote corners of the world

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OBSERVE EXCEPTIONAL BIRDLIFESilversea Expeditions offers a series of highly immersive Birding Expedition voyages to remote destinations. Together with our Expedition Team and passionate ornithologists, you can enjoy onboard lectures to discover and study a large variety of faraway bird species.

EXPEdITIOn HIGHLIGHTS

• Experience the best pelagic birding on the planet in the sub-antarctic islands of New Zealand, home to 126 species of birds including the rare yellow-eyed penguin

• Witness the awkward flight forays of young albatross• Look for bald eagles in alaska• Identify countless birds in the Russian Far East: puffins,

guillemots, cormorants, Steller’s sea eagle, brown-headed thrush, Siberian ruby-throats, black-legged kittiwakes, and crested or whiskered auklets

• Visit Bird Island in the Galápagos, home to over 30 bird species

• Search for the Galápagos short-eared owl• admire the antics of blue-footed boobies

Observe and study exceptional bird species

Do you own a life list? Embark on a voyage that takes you well off the beaten path, to destinations that will excite your imagination like no other. A Silversea Expedition will inspire your sense of adventure, introducing you to mesmerising landscapes and exceptional wildlife. You’ll encounter wild animals, exotic flora and fauna, fascinating cultures, and large varieties of bird species.

The experiences you’ll have on your voyage aboard Silver Discoverer, Silver Explorer or Silver Galapagos will create a lifetime of memories — ones that you’ll share with all your friends and family when you return home.

did you know?

• The first classification of birds was developed by Francis Willughby and John Ray and published in the 1676 volume, Ornithologiae

• There are about 10,000 bird species, and only a small number of people have seen more than 7,000

• In 1971 Ted Parker travelled around North America and saw 626 species in one year. This record was beaten by Neil Hayward of Cambridge (USA) in 2013 who saw 749 species

• From 2008 the top life list has been held by Tom Gullick, an Englishman. In 2012 he became the first birdwatcher to log over 9,000 species

At Silversea Expeditions we do our best to preserve the welfare of birds and their environment, and therefore ask our guests to follow certain birdwatching etiquette, such as limiting the use of photography and playback devices to mitigate stress caused to birds, as well as maintaining distance away from nests and nesting colonies. For an in-depth experience, we recommend you bring your own binoculars with you.

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Join Silversea Expeditions and the Expedition Team on one of these highly immersive Birding Expedition voyages for an experience like no other, and one that will stay with you long after you’ve returned home.

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Jonathan RossouwExpedition Leader

Jonathan is one of the world’s most experienced expedition leaders, having guided wildlife trips in over 150 countries on all seven continents. He started a birding travel company before assisting intrepid travellers Peter Harrison and Shirley Metz in expanding their global portfolio of natural history destinations. An accomplished photographer, Jonathan’s images have appeared in many books and magazines, and he has co-authored birding site guides to Uganda, Southern Africa and Madagascar.

dr Samuel Temidayo OsinubiOrnithologist

Dayo studies the behaviour of birds in relation to their environment, and brings an infectious passion to bird watching. He has a MSc in Conservation Biology and a PhD in Ecology. He presently works for BirdLife International and is based at the West African Sub-Regional Office in Accra, Ghana. He works as the Coordinator of the African-Eurasian Migratory Landbirds Working Group. Dayo has a healthy sense of adventure, a wide range of interests and his goal is always to experience diverse forms of nature and cultures.

dr danae Sheehan Conservation Ecologist

As a conservation ecologist, Dr Sheehan holds a particular interest in ornithology and landscape ecology. For the last 14 years, she has overseen a migratory Africa-Eurasia bird program for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. She has published several scientific papers and delivered presentations at numerous international conferences. Danae’s love of the natural world and remote places is also reflected through her passion for art and photography.

It’s one thing to visit a place, but it’s another to immerse yourself in it. Not just to see the sights, but to meet the people, understand the history, drink in the culture, and get to know the wildlife.

Each Silversea Expeditions voyage is led by a team of 11 experts*: marine biologists, naturalists, anthropologists, geologists and historians, hand-picked for their knowledge, passion, warmth and friendliness. Here is a sample of the Expedition Team you will meet onboard Silver Discoverer, Silver Explorer and Silver Galapagos.Your Expedition Leader and Captain will work together to ensure opportunities for adventure and exploration are the best possible, taking into account prevailing weather activity.

*The Expedition team members scheduled for these voyages can be subject to change or cancellation.

MEET THE EXPEdITIOn TEAM

01 Crested penguin, Macquarie Island,

New Zealand Sub-Antarctic

02 Cape petrel, Antarctica ©Richard Sidley

03 McKay’s snow bunting, St Paul Island,

Alaska

04 Magellanic penguins, Saunders Island ,

Falkland Islands

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05 Blue-footed boobies, Galápagos Islands

06 Male ptarmigan, Svalbard

07 Common Murre, Alaska

08 Yellow warbler, Santa Cruz Island , Galápagos Islands

09 Wandering albatross, South Georgia

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10 Adelie penguins, Antarctica

11 Red-footed booby, Galápagos Islands

12 Frigatebird, Galápagos Islands

13 Southern rockhopper penguins, Falkland Islands

In an exclusive partnership, Silversea Expeditions and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) have joined forces to spread knowledge collated from centuries of scientific exploration, providing detailed scientific and historical information to guests embarking on voyages aboard Silver Explorer, Silver Galapagos and Silver Discoverer.

PACIFICOCEAN

INDIANOCEAN

ATLANTICOCEAN

BERINGSEA

ARCTICOCEAN

BRITISH ISLES

RUSSIAN FAR EAST

ALASKA

NEW ZEALAND SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS

FALKLAND ISLANDS

GALÁPAGOSISLANDS

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Short-tailed albatross (very rare about 1200 individuals)

Black-footed Albatross

Laysan’s Albatross

Horned Puffin

Tufted puffin

Red-legged kittiwake

Crested Parakeet

Least auklet

Rhinoceros auklet

Marbled auklet

Ancient auklet

Cassin’s Auklet (possibly)

Sooty shearwater

Short-tailed shearwater

Fork-tailed Petrel

Leach’s storm petrel

Black-legged kittiwake

Pomerine skua

Long-tailed skua

Harlequin duck

Bald eagle

Thick-billed murre (Colonies of 1000s)

Common murre

All wildlife on expedition cruises are subject to a number of conditions including weather, seasonality and migratory patterns, and as such, specific wildlife cannot be guaranteed.

01 Harlequin Duck, Russian Far East

BIRd-WATCHInG CHECKLIST

Join us for an unforgettable birding experience. If you want to see some endemic bird species and seabird megaticks, choose any of the Silversea Expeditions Specialty Birdwatching Voyages.

The following birds are only found in the Galápagos Islands:

Striated heron

Flightless Cormorant

Galápagos hawk

Galápagos rail

Galápagos dove

Galápagos flycatcher

Galápagos mockingbird

Floreana mockingbird

Hood mockingbird

San cristóbal mockingbird

Large ground finch

Medium ground finch

Small ground finch

Sharp-beaked ground finch

Common cactus finch

Large cactus finch

Vegetarian finch

Large tree finch

Medium tree finch

Small tree finch

Woodpecker finch

Mangrove finch

Yellow warbler

A possibility to view 7 species of penguins and 6 or more species of albatross:

Falkland Islands

Striated caracara

Southern rockhopper penguin

Falklands thrush

Cobb’s wren

Magellanic oystercatcher

Kelp goose

Magellanic penguin

Falklands flightless steamerduck (Unique to the falklands - difficult to see and special)

South Georgia

King penguin

Light-mantled sooty albatross

Gentoo penguin

Macaroni penguin

South Georgia pintail

(unique to South Georgia)

South Georgia pipit

(unique to South Georgia)

Possibility to view huge gannet colonies and many different shorebirds.

Common murre

Razorbill

Atlantic puffin

Black guillemot

White wagtail

Gray wagtail

Goldcrest

Song thrush

Mistle thrush

Sedge warbler

Willow warbler

Long-tailed tit

Reed bunting

The Snares

Snares crested penguin (endemic)

Crested penguin

Snares island tomtit

Fernbird

White-fronted tern

Red-billed gull

Buller’s albatross

Auckland Islands

Southern royal albatross

Auckland Island shag

Auckland Island flightless teal

Auckland Island banded dotterel

Auckland Island tomtit

Bellbird

Red-crowned parakeet

Yellow-eyed penguin

Light-mantled sooty albatross

Sub-antarctic snipe (rare)

Shy albatross

Gibson’s wandering albatross

Macquarie Island

The only place in the world where the beautiful Royal Penguin breeds.

Royal penguin

King penguin

Gentoo penguin

Rockhopper penguin

Chatham Island

Chatham Island shag

Chatham Island oystercatcher

Chatham Island warbler

Magenta petrel

Chatham Island petrel

At Sea

Possibility to view special albatross species.

Black-browed albatross

Campbell Island albatross

Light-mantled sooty albatross

Salvin’s albatross

Royal albatross

Wandering albatross

Shy albatross

White-chinned petrel

Little shearwater

Antipodes Islands

Cruising along the coast offers the possibility to view:

Reischek’s parakeet

New Zealand pipit (Antipodes subspecies)

Erect-crested penguin

Antarctic tern

Kelp gull

Campbell Island

The nesting site of the southern royal albatross.

Campbell Island shag

Southern Skua

Antarctic tern

Dunnock

New Zealand pipit

Campbell Island teal

Campbell Island snipe (elusive)

Short-tailed albatross (very rare about 1000 individuals)

Black-footed Albatross

Laysan’s Albatross

Horned Puffin

Tufted puffin

Crested Parakeet

Least auklet

Rhinoceros auklet

Marbled auklet

Ancient auklet

Cassin’s Auklet (possibly)

Sooty shearwater

Short-tailed shearwater

Fork-tailed petrel

Leach’s storm petrel

Pomerine skua

Long-tailed skua

Arctic skua

Harlequin duck

Thick-billed murre (Colonies of 1000s)

Common murre

Black-legged kittiwake

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS ALASKA ANTARCTICA

RUSSIAN FAR EAST

BRITISH ISLES

SUB-ANTARCTIC ISLANDS

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BIRd-WATCHInG EXPEdITIOn VOYAGES CALEndAR

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2016 DAYS VOYAGE SHIP PORTS

11 JUL 11 9616 SILVER DISCOVERER aNOmE > Cross International Date Line — Lose a Day > Provideniya > Enmelen and Budera Cape > Cross International Date Line — Gain a Day > Anadyr > Hall Island > St. Matthew Island > St. Paul Island > Dutch Harbour > Unga Village > Castle Bay > Uyak Bay > Geographic Harbor > SEwARD i

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12 DEC 10 7628 SILVER EXPLORER USHUAIA > Drake Passagee > Cruise and Explore Antarctic Peninsula (5 days) > Drake Passagee > USHUAIA i

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11 JUN 14 9614 SILVER DISCOVERER aKOROR > Ngerkebesang Island, > Colonia > Ulithi Atoll > Day at Sea > Saipan > Pagan > Maug Islands > Day at Sea > Chichi-jima > Tori-shima > Hachijo-jima > Miyako-jima > Day at Sea > HAKODATE i

aUSTRaLIa aND NEW ZEaLaND

03 JAN 16 9601 SILVER DISCOVERER aDUNEDINe > Ulva Island (Steward Island) > Day at Sea > Campbell Island > Day at Sea > Macquarie Islande > Day at Sea > Enderby and Auckland Islands > The Snares > Dusky Sound > Milford Sound > Day at Sea > Kaiteriteri > Nelson > Kaikoura > LYTTELTON i

GaLÁPaGOS ISLaNDS

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SILVER GALAPAGOS aBALTRA > Bahia Darwin > El Barranco > Seymour Norte > Bahia Sullivan > Rabida > El Eden > Galapaguera Cerro Colorado > Punta Pitt > Bahia Gardner > Punta Suarez > Estacion Darwin and Puerto Ayora > Plazas Sur > BALTRA i

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SILVER GALAPAGOS aBALTRA > Bartolome > Playa Espumilla > Punta Vicente Roca > Punta Espinoza > Caleta Tagus > Bahia Elizabeth > Bahia Post Office > Punta Cormorant > Galapaguera Cerro Colorado > Wizard Hill > Puerto Ayora, Los Gemelos and Estacion Darwin > BALTRA i

a Venetian Society e Overnight in Port i Pre - / Post-cruise Land Adventures

Visit www.silversea.com/expeditions for a full day by day itinerary description of each voyage.

aFRICa aND THE INDIaN OCEaN

2017 DAYS VOYAGE SHIP PORTS

03 JAN 13 9701 SILVER DISCOVERER aDAR ES SALAAm > Zanzibar > Day at Sea > Assumption > Cruise and Explore Aldabra Atoll (3 days) > Mamoudzou > Nosy Be > Ampangorinana (Nosy Komba) > Nosy Hara > Day at Sea > Nosy Mangabe > Masoala National Park > Day at Sea > La Possession > PORT LOUIS

16 JAN 14 9702 SILVER DISCOVERER aPORT LOUIS > La Possession > Day at Sea > Toamasina > Masoala National Park > Nosy Mangabe > Maroantsetra > Day at Sea > Nosy Hara > Assumption > Cruise and Explore Aldabra Atoll (3 days) > Day at Sea > St. Joseph Atoll > Aride Island > Curieuse Island > mAHÉ

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11 AUG 17 9719 SILVER DISCOVERER

SEwARD > Holgate Glacier > Chiswell Islands > Kukak Bay > Geographic Harbor > Semidi Islands > Chignik > Unga Village > Dutch Harbor > Chagulak Island > Seguam Island > Atka Island > Kiska Harbor > Attu Island > Cross International Date Line — Lose a Day > Day at Sea > Petropavlovsk (Kamchatsky) > Shumshu Island > Atlasova Island > Matua Island > Yankicha Island > Chirpoy Island > Tyuleniy Island > Korsakov > OTARU

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09 JAN 18 7701 SILVER EXPLORERUSHUAIA > Day at Sea > Steeple Jason Island > West Point Island > Port Stanley > 2 Days at Sea > Cruise and Explore South Georgia (3 days) > 2 Days at Sea > Elephant Island > Cruise and Explore Antarctic Peninsula (4 Days) > Drake Passagee > USHUAIA

08 MAR 22 7706 SILVER EXPLORER aUSHUAIA > Day at Sea > Steeple Jason Island > West Point Island > Port Stanley > 2 Days at Sea > Cruise and Explore South Georgia (4 days) > 4 Days at Sea > Gough Island > Tristan de Cunha > Nightingale Island > 4 Days at Sea > CAPE TOwN e

20 NOV 18 7726 SILVER EXPLORER aUSHUAIA > Day at Sea > West Point Island > Saunders Island > Port Stanley > 2 Days at Sea > Cruise and Explore South Georgia (3 days) > 2 Days at Sea > Elephant Island > Cruise and Explore Antarctic Peninsula (4 days) > Drake Passagee > USHUAIA

18 DEC 18 7728 SILVER EXPLORERUSHUAIA > Day at Sea > West Point Island > Saunders Island > Port Stanley > 2 Days at Sea > Cruise and Explore South Georgia (3 days) > 2 Days at Sea > Elephant Island > Cruise and Explore Antarctic Peninsula (4 days) > Drake Passagee > USHUAIA

NORTHERN EUROPE aND BRITISH ISLES

20 MAY 11 7709 SILVER EXPLORERLISBON > Leixões > Vigo > Cíes Islands > Day at Sea > Bilbao > Bordeaux e > Day at Sea > St. Peter Port > Saint Maloe > Caen > HONFLEUR

RUSSIaN FaR EaST

21 JUN 17 9715 SILVER DISCOVERER

HAKODATE > Day at Sea > Korsakov > Tyuleniy Island > Chirpoy Island > Yankicha Island > Matua Island > Lovyshki Islands > Makanrushi Island > Atlasova Island > Petropavlovsk (Kamchatsky) > Zupanova River > Nikolskoe > Tymlat Village > Uznaya Bay > Lavrova Bay > Peter Bay > Bogoslov Island > Anastasiya Bay > Day at Sea > Cross International Date Line — Gain a Day > Provideniya > NOmE

29 AUG 17 9720 SILVER DISCOVEREROTARU > Korsakov > Day at Sea > Piltun Lagoon > Iona Island > Shantar Islands > Malminskie Island > Fedora Bay > Okhotsk City > Talan Island > Zavyalov > Utkholok Peninsula and Kvachina River > Day at Sea > Utashud Island > Petropavlovsk (Kamchatsky) > Atlasova Island > Matua Island > Yankicha Island > Chirpoy Island > Tyuleniy Island > Korsakov > OTARU

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02 Black Guillemot, Scotland

03 Dunnock, Campbell Island

Highly Qualified Expeditions TeamOur Expeditions Team is composed of knowledgeable experts well-versed in their field – from ornithologists, to marine biologists, geologists, historians and anthropologists – who provide informative onboard lectures on enthralling topics and lead field expeditions relating to your destinations. Silversea Expeditions allows the opportunity to extend your knowledge both on adventures ashore, and also in the relaxed and comfortable environment of our ships.

Field Expeditions and ActivitiesA programme of unique, small-group shore experiences, led by our team of expert guides and lecturers is included to allow you to fully experience the destination. From hikes to snorkelling and diving, Silversea Expeditions offers active exploration in some of the most remote places of the world.

Intimate and Comfortable Expedition Ships For Just 100 To 132 Guests Our specialised expedition ships are built to access some of the most remote destinations in comfort – with just 50 to 60 suites. Well-travelled international guests and our well-trained crew create a warm and friendly atmosphere on board, one which reflects the hospitality of our European heritage.

Friendly and Personalised ServiceEnjoy the welcoming and attentive support of our experienced onboard crew, with the benefit of the best crew-to-guest ratio in expedition cruising, as well as the service of a butler.

All Ocean-View AccommodationsAll of our accommodations feature ocean views, with high-quality amenities including complimentary bathrobes, a choice of toiletries and a flat-screen TV with on-demand movies and music.

ALL EXCLuSIVE ONBOARD LIFESTyLE

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Beverages In-Suite and Throughout The ShipSelect wines, premium spirits, speciality coffees and soft drinks are complimentary in all bars, lounges and dining rooms. Your suite’s mini-bar is also stocked with your preferred beverages.

Expedition GearAt Silversea Expeditions, we want you to always be prepared for your next adventure. A backpack and aluminium water bottle are provided on all expeditions voyages. A complimentary parka is also provided on Polar and Russian Far East expeditions.

Open-Seating dining OptionsDine when and with whomever you please during breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our dining options include The Restaurant, which serves international cuisine featuring locally sourced ingredients, as well as the The Grill, which transforms into an interactive outdoor eatery under the setting sun. You will find lighter fare available on board, and you can also order room service to your suite, which is available 24-hours on board Silver Explorer and from 06:00 to 23:00 on board Silver Discoverer.

Gratuities Always IncludedOnboard gratuities are included in your cruise fare, assuring a level of service motivated solely by a desire to see you smile.

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01 Zodiac excursion, Antarctica

02 Expedition Leader, Silver Discoverer

03 Vista Suite, Silver Discoverer

04 Silver Discoverer Pool

Albatross, Galapagos Islands

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