What wildlife will we see on an expedition charter?

Louis Lamprell
Yacht charter broker, DMA Yachting

It is the whole reason to go, and it is region-specific. Antarctica delivers penguins in the tens of thousands, seals, and humpback and orca whales. The Galapagos means giant tortoises, marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies and hammerhead schools. Indonesia’s Raja Ampat and Komodo bring reef life, mantas and the famous dragons. The Red Sea has reefs and seasonal whale sharks; Norway has orcas and sea eagles; French Polynesia has sharks and humpbacks.

Season matters as much as place: the same region shows different wildlife month to month, which is why we plan around the sightings you most want.

Tell us the encounters at the top of your list and we build the region, season and yacht around them. Browse regions and their wildlife.