Antarctica 2016.17 Inclusions (continued) ANTARCTIC EXPRESS: FLY SOUTH, CRUISE NORTH • Group transfer in Punta Arenas from airport to pre-expedition hotel on Day 1 • One night’s pre-expedition hotel accommodation in Punta Arenas with breakfast (Note: The number of guests per room is the same as cabin occupancy on the ship. Due to limited availability, travelers who reserve a suite on board are accommodated in standard rooms at the hotel, for example) • Briefing dinner on Day 1 in Punta Arenas • Group transfer from hotel to airport in Punta Arenas on embarkation day • Flight from Punta Arenas to Antarctica • Group transfer upon disembarkation in Ushuaia from ship to post-expedition hotel
ANTARCTIC EXPRESS: CRUISE SOUTH, FLY NORTH • Group transfer in Ushuaia from airport to pre-expedition hotel on Day 1 • One night’s pre-expedition hotel accommodation in Ushuaia with breakfast (Note: The number of guests per room is the same as cabin occupancy on the ship. Due to limited availability, travelers who reserve a suite on board are accommodated in standard rooms at the hotel, for example) • Group transfer from hotel to ship on embarkation day in Ushuaia • Flight from Antarctica to Punta Arenas on disembarkation day • Group transfer from airport to hotel in Punta Arenas post-expedition • One night’s post-expedition hotel accommodation in Punta Arenas with breakfast (Note: The number of guests per room is the same as cabin occupancy on the ship. Due to limited availability, travelers who reserve a suite on board are accommodated in standard rooms at the hotel, for example)
ANTARCTIC EXPRESS: CROSSING THE CIRCLE • Group transfer in Punta Arenas from airport to hotel upon arrival on Day 1 • One night’s pre-expedition hotel accommodation in Punta Arenas with breakfast included (Note: The number of guests per room is the same as cabin occupancy on the ship. Due to limited availability, travelers who reserve a suite on board are accommodated in standard rooms at the hotel, for example) • Briefing dinner on Day 1 in Punta Arenas • Group transfer from hotel to airport in Punta Arenas on embarkation day • Flight to and from Antarctica • Group transfer from airport in Punta Arenas to hotel post-expedition • One night’s post-expedition hotel accommodation in Punta Arenas with breakfast (Note: The number of guests per room is the same as cabin occupancy on the ship. Due to limited availability, travelers who reserve a suite on board are accommodated in standard rooms at the hotel, for example) • One night’s post-expedition hotel accommodation in Ushuaia with breakfast (Note: The number of guests per room is the same as cabin occupancy on the ship. Due to limited availability, travelers who reserve a suite on board are accommodated in standard rooms at the hotel, for example)
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• Group transfer in Ushuaia from airport to pre-expedition hotel on Day 1 • One night’s pre-expedition hotel accommodation in Ushuaia with breakfast • Group transfer from hotel to ship in Ushuaia • Group transfer from ship to airport in Stanley post-expedition • Flight from Stanley to Santiago • One night’s post-expedition airport hotel accommodation in Santiago with breakfast
Intimate Falklands: Bespoke Expedition Transfer Package ($1,995) • Arrival escort from airport terminal to airport hotel in Santiago • One night’s airport hotel accommodation in Santiago, with breakfast • Group escort from airport hotel to airport terminal in Santiago • Group flight from Santiago to Stanley, and return • Group transfer from Stanley airport to the ship, and return • One night airport hotel accommodation in Santiago, with breakfast
UNCHARTED ANTARCTICA: BESPOKE EXPEDITION
GALAPAGOS EXPEDITIONS ABOARD THE EVOLUTION
• Shipboard accommodation • All breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks on board • All shore landings per the daily program • Leadership throughout the voyage by our experienced Expedition Leader • All Zodiac transfers and cruising per the daily program • Formal and informal presentations by our expedition team • Photographic journal documenting the expedition • Waterproof expedition boots on loan for shore landings • An official Quark Expeditions® parka to keep • Coffee, tea and cocoa available around the clock • Comprehensive pre-departure materials, including a map and an informative Antarctic Reader • All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program • All luggage handling aboard ship • Emergency evacuation insurance to a maximum benefit of US$100,000 per person • Group transfer in Punta Arenas from airport to pre-expedition hotel on Day 1 • One night’s pre-expedition hotel accommodation in Punta Arenas with breakfast • Briefing dinner on Day 1 in Punta Arenas • Group transfer from hotel to airport in Punta Arenas pre-expedition • Flights to and from Antarctica • Group transfer from airport in Punta Arenas to hotel post-expedition • One night’s post-expedition hotel accommodation in Punta Arenas with breakfast
• Shipboard accommodation with daily housekeeping • All breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks on board • Complimentary soft drinks and juice on board • All shore landings per the daily program • Leadership throughout the voyage by our experienced Expedition Leader • All Zodiac transfers and cruising per the daily program • Formal and informal presentations by our expedition team and special guests as scheduled • Photographic journal documenting the expedition • Coffee, tea and cocoa available around the clock • Hair dryer in every cabin • All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program • All luggage handling aboard ship • Emergency evacuation insurance to a maximum benefit of US$100,000 per person • Arrival and departure transfers in Guayaquil • One night’s pre- and post-expedition hotel accommodation in Guayaquil with breakfast • Transfers to and from domestic flight to Galapagos
ANTARCTIC EXPRESS: FLY SOUTH, CRUISE THE PENINSULA, SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS)
INTIMATE FALKLANDS: BESPOKE EXPEDITION • Shipboard accommodation • All breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks on board, as well as during the stay in Stanley • All shore landings per the daily program • Leadership throughout the voyage by our experienced Expedition Leader • All Zodiac transfers and cruising per the daily program • Formal and informal presentations by our expedition team • Photographic journal documenting the expedition • Waterproof expedition boots on loan for shore landings • An official Quark Expeditions® parka to keep • Coffee, tea and cocoa available around the clock • Comprehensive pre-departure materials, including a map and an informative Antarctic Reader • All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program • All luggage handling aboard ship • Emergency evacuation insurance to a maximum benefit of US$100,000 per person • Three nights’ pre-expedition hotel accommodation in Stanley with all meals • Round-trip transfers between Mount Pleasant Airport and Stanley • Two days of land-based excursions out of Stanley • Round-trip hotel to ship transfer in Stanley • Entry fees to Volunteer Point reserve • All Falklands farm and homestead visit donations
GALAPAGOS EXPEDITION: DARWIN’S PLAYGROUND Flight and Park Fees ($695, 2016; $720, 2017) • Round-trip domestic airfare from mainland Ecuador to Galapagos Islands • National Park entrance fee • Galapagos National Park INGALA transit card
RATES SPECIFICALLY DO NOT INCLUDE • Any airfare unless otherwise specified in the itinerary • Passport and visa expenses • Government arrival and departure taxes (e.g., Chilean/Argentine reciprocity fee, etc., specific to your nationality) • Meals ashore unless otherwise specified • Baggage, cancellation, interruption and (mandatory) medical travel insurance • Excess baggage charges • Waterproof pants for Zodiac cruising, or any other gear not mentioned • Laundry, bar, beverage and other personal charges unless specified • Phone and internet charges • Voluntary gratuity at the end of the voyage for shipboard staff and crew • Any extra overnight accommodation required due to flight connections • Optional adventure activities (e.g., kayaking, paddleboarding, mountaineering, etc.), weather dependent • Arrival and departure transfers, except where explicitly stated • Transfers from post-expedition hotel in Punta Arenas to the local airport • Spa services available for on-board purchase aboard Ocean Endeavour
Terms and Conditions of Sale: Arctic 2016 and Antarctic 2016.17 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE (USD) ARCTIC 2016 & ANTARCTIC 2016.17 Below you will find a general set of terms and conditions for your expedition. Please note that the complete set of terms and conditions, which include terms related to your contract of carriage and the cruise portion of your expedition, are located at http://www.quarkexpeditions. com/en/terms-and-conditions/arctic-20162017-and-antarctic-201617 and will be provided to you upon registration. Your purchase and participation in the expedition is subject to your acceptance of the complete set of Terms and Conditions. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE COMPLETE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PROVIDED TO YOU UPON REGISTRATION, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR EXPEDITION. The purchase of any travel services offered by Quark Expeditions, Inc. (along with its affiliates, owners, officers, agents and employees collectively referred to as “Quark Expeditions,” “Quark” or “QEI”) creates a contractual relationship between QEI and you, the customer/participant in the travel package provided by QEI (for and on behalf of yourself and all other customers/participants for whom you are purchasing the travel package, herein referred to as the “client”, “traveler”, “passenger”, “you” or “your”), and represents your acceptance of the terms and conditions of your travel package set out below (the “Terms and Conditions”). Please read the following information carefully. In order for your tour reservation to be completed, you must indicate you accept the Terms and Conditions by checking the appropriate box when paying your deposit for online reservations or, for reservations made by telephone, by signing and returning the Acknowledgment Form sent to you by Quark. You are advised to check on the Quark website located at www.quarkexpeditions.com or to request the latest version of the Terms and Conditions from Quark prior to booking your travel package.
RESERVATIONS AND PAYMENT Currency Quark Expeditions accepts payment in 4 currencies: US dollars (US$), Australian Dollars (AU$), Euros (€) and Pounds Sterling (£), unless otherwise specified. Kapitan Khlebnikov product can only be sold in US dollars (US$). The currency will be applied based on the location of the client. Once the initial deposit/ payment has been paid, all subsequent fees/ charges will be applied in the same currency. Quark reserves the right to adjust prices based on exchange rates without notice.
RESERVATIONS BY TELEPHONE Deposits To confirm reservations on all Quark products, a deposit of 20% of the gross, non-discounted rate (minimum US$1000, AU$1000, £650, €800 per person) is required at time of booking. The deposit may be paid by bank wire transfer, check, money order or major credit card. For any booking within 120 days of departure full payment is required. Final Payments Balances are due 120 days prior to departure. Final payment can be made by calling Quark Expeditions and may be paid by bank wire transfer, check, money order or major credit card. Deposits and payments for pre- and posttravel options are specific to each item and are explained and communicated at time of purchase.
BOOKING ONLINE Deposits To confirm reservations on all Quark products a deposit of 20% of the gross, non-discounted rate (minimum US$1000, AU$1300, £650, €880 per person) is required at time of booking. The deposit must be paid by major credit card. For any bookings within 120 days of departure, full payment is required. Final Payments Balances are due 120 days prior to departure. Final payment can be made by calling Quark Expeditions (final payment cannot be made online) and may be paid by major credit card, bank wire or check. Deposits and payments for pre-expedition and post-expedition services are specific to each item and are explained and communicated at time of purchase. Late Payments All late payments are subject to a penalty of 1.5% interest per month, or 18% per annum. Quark reserves the right to cancel any booking that is not paid within 120 days of departure or deny boarding on any unpaid balances. Special Requests Quark Expeditions will always try to accommodate special requests, but will not guarantee such things as cabin number, bedding type, special meals and airline seats. Please ensure all special requests are conveyed to your booking agent at time of reservation.
EMERGENCY EVACUATION INSURANCE AND TRAVEL INSURANCE Emergency evacuation insurance, to a maximum benefit per paying traveler of US$100,000, is included in the cost of Quark Expeditions insurance from Travelex insurance company. Included coverage is applicable only to travel occurring between the first and last day of the expedition purchased from Quark Expeditions. Additional days of travel prior to the expedition and/or after the expedition, including pre- and post-packages/hotels/flights, purchased from Quark Expeditions or from suppliers other than Quark Expeditions are not covered by the included emergency evacuation insurance. It is a condition of the booking that you and all members of your party have comprehensive travel insurance coverage. Due to the remoteness of the areas in which we travel, travelers must have a minimum US$50,000 (or equivalent) of emergency medical coverage. Quark Expeditions requires proof of coverage prior to embarkation. The travel insurance policy should also cover trip cancellation insurance, trip delay (interruption or after departure coverage), baggage and repatriation. Quark Expeditions will not be held responsible for delays due to force majeure. Any additional costs accrued will be the responsibility of the traveler. Please book your travel insurance at http://www.quarkexpeditions.com/travelinsurance or with your Polar Travel Adviser. Due to the remoteness of where we travel, an adequate medical facility could be 72 hours away or more, and emergency evacuation and adequate medical treatment may be delayed or unavailable in certain areas.
CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS All requests for cancellation must be received in writing. Cancellations received 180 days or more prior to departure are refundable less an administrative fee of minimum US$1250, AU$1600, £830, €1100 per person. If cancellation is received between 179 days and 120 days, the deposit is forfeited. If cancellation occurs less than 120 days prior to departure, all payments are forfeited. If full payment has not yet been received, the full penalty will still apply and any unpaid balance is due immediately. To protect your investment, we recommend that you obtain adequate trip cancellation insurance. Cancellations cannot be made online. Changes Quark Expeditions begins planning our expeditions many months or even years in advance of departure. Occasionally, we have to make changes both before and after bookings have been confirmed. Quark reserves the
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