Sailfish of Isla Mujeres with Big Animals |
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Join wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum stalking feeding sailfish.
On this expedition, you’ll have a front-row seat for one of the most extraordinary natural phenomena in all the oceans of the world. Big Animals Expeditions has kept a commitment to providing divers with the closest and wildest access to the sailfish show: up to 100 sailfish working together to corral their prey into bait balls, and then making the bait ball disappear, one sardine at a time. With only 4 guests per departure, you’ll be assured of always getting the best conditions possible for taking your own award-winning wildlife photography.
With a base on Isla Mujeres, you will depart each morning on a customized sport fishing vessel. Providing weather conditions are safe, you will race out anywhere between 10-30 miles offshore looking for frigatebirds hovering over the water. While on the search, suit up in your snorkeling gear and get your cameras ready. The skipper will maneuver the vessel to give us the best position according to his estimated movement of the bait ball. |
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The frigatebirds feed on the sardines from above, pushing the sardines down, which makes for a tighter and tighter bait ball, and the sailfish swing into action at speeds which will astound you. Now you’ll see what that bill is for — the sailfish use it like a club to stun the sardines so they can pick them off one by one. The whole thing happens very fast, and you’re right in the middle of an exhilarating, whirling cacophony of sights and sounds and sensation.
Please contact us for full details. |
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| Dates: |
24 Jan - 01 Feb 2012 |
Prices: |
| 8 nights accommodation at Hotel Playa la Media Luna, 7 days charter, breakfasts and lunch boxes, land and ferry transfers from Cancun, tanks and weights for diving. Rates are per person based on double occupancy. Not included are airfare, meals not mentioned, gratuities. |
$8500.00 |
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| Dates: |
31 Jan - 08 Feb 2012 |
Prices: |
| 8 nights accommodation at Hotel Playa la Media Luna, 7 days charter, breakfasts and lunch boxes, land and ferry transfers from Cancun, tanks and weights for diving. Rates are per person based on double occupancy. Not included are airfare, meals not mentioned, gratuities. |
$8500.00 |
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| About Amos Nachoum |
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Amos Nachoum is a photographer and explorer. He has shot just about everything there is to shoot, but what he loves most is wildlife photography, especially if it’s in the water.
Amos’s photos and essays have appeared in hundreds of publications around the globe, including National Geographic, Time, Life, The New York Times and Condé Nast Traveler. His work has also been included in the books The Living Ocean, The World of Nature, and Oceans. His photography has won Nikon, Communication Arts, and BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. |
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He has co-produced documentaries with Stan Waterman, and he was the team leader for National Geographic’s Red Sea, Great White Shark, and Killer Whale photo expeditions.
His commitment to wildlife led him to co-found Israel’s Marine National Park on the Red Sea. He works tirelessly to bring attention to some of the most fragile regions of the underwater realm, with preservation of the environment foremost in every encounter.
Based in San Francisco, California, Amos operates the cutting-edge adventure-travel program Big Animals Expeditions. His voyages take him and his guests all over the world to observe, photograph, and revere the most magnificent creatures on the planet. |
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