By popular demand I will be co-leading a second Midway trip this coming March with Joe Van Os.  (My trip and Joe's trip sold out almost immediately.)  When folks ask me, "What's your next exciting trip?," my answer recently has been, "Midway!  I cannot wait."

Midway Island, richly steeped in WWII history, has been a fabled wildlife photography destination for decades.   For quite a while recently, it was CLOSED.  Period.   A year or two ago, two companies were—after highly competitive bidding—awarded franchise permits allowing each to run several week-long trips a year.    

If you have no idea what you will find at Midway, or have no desire to go, check out this slide program: http://www.photosafaris.com/photography-trips-2010/midway-photo-tour/midway-slideshow/

If you know about Midway and have been dying to get there, skip to the registration info below and call us immediately. 

Here are the basic details: 

MIDWAY ATOLL BAA IPT: March 1-8, 2010 (from Oahu, HI) 7-FULL DAYS OF PHOTOGRAPHY:  $6395 ALL INCLUSIVE FROM OAHU.  Co-leaders: Arthur Morris & Joe Van Os.  Limit:  12.    

Fly to Honolulu on February 28, 2010.  Show up at the Charter Aircraft Hangar about mid-day on March 1.  Arrive Midway after dark on the 1st.  Depart Midway after dark on the 8th.  That makes seven full days of photography:  2, 3, 4. 5. 6. 7,& 8. Your hotel on the night of the 8^th is included.  Fly home on the 9^th.  In order to cover the huge expense of the round-trip charter aircraft to and from Midway Island, this trip needs a minimum of eleven participants to run.  In the unlikely event that this minimum is not met, your deposit will be refunded in full.

While many trips are advertised as once in a lifetime, this one may very well be that once in a lifetime opportunity as there is constant talk that each season may be the very last.  March is a perfect time as we will see albatross courtship behaviors and chicks.  

Quoting Joe: “Imagine hundreds of thousands of courting Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses from horizon to horizon, comical fuzzy chicks in such numbers you can trip over them, the Red-tailed tropicbirds' incredible aerial courtship maneuvers, and Fairy Terns balancing their one egg on an eye-level tree limb and you can get a sense of this place.  But wait, there’s more!  Nesting Red-footed Boobies, Great Frigatebirds in full courtship display with inflated red gular pouches, bow-riding spinner dolphins, green sea turtles, endangered Hawaiian monk seals and Laysan Ducks!”

Midway is a world renowned wildlife photography destination that ranks right up there with Antarctica, East Africa, and the Galapagos.  And like the Galapagos, most of the wildlife is inordinately tame.  If you are a happy camper and wish to register for this trip (the deposit is $800) call 863-692-0906 immediately for registration instructions.  Please leave a detailed message if we do not pick up.  We will maintain a waiting list for this trip.  

For complete details including registration information click here: http://www.photosafaris.com/photography-trips-2010/midway-photo-tour/