Tauck escorted tour vacations unites decades of experience in guided travel with the innovative technologies used by BBC Earth, creator of award-winning documentaries such as Planet Earth, to deliver intimate encounters with the natural world.
This esteemed partnership led to the 2014 launch of an exclusive series of group tours called Earth Journeys. Cruise the Galápagos Islands, climb Peru’s Machu Picchu and explore ice worlds and African plains alike. Tauck Directors handle all of the details while experts provide fascinating insights on your encounters with polar bears in Manitoba, penguins in Antarctica or the Big Five in Kenya. Earth Journeys often employs the use of cutting-edge field equipment ranging from thermal-imaging cameras and night goggles to underwater pole cameras for observing marine life’s mysterious movements.
This groundbreaking collaboration has resulted in a one-time-only Tauck Event, “Walking With Dinosaurs: A Journey Through Time,” held July 17 through 21. For a prehistoric glimpse of Canada’s prairieland in Calgary, Alberta, dig into the past as a paleontologist takes you on a fossil safari through UNESCO World Heritage Site Dinosaur Provincial Park and as experts from Royal Tyrell Museum teach you how fossils are cast with a hands-on demonstration. Hear tales of spectacular finds by early fossil hunters as your family sets out on a Badlands Exploration tour, crossing paths with dinosaurs’ freshwater reptilian cousins along the way. An award-winning BBC filmmaker shares behind-the-scenes secrets, kids experience a little “augmented reality” in front of the green screen and a paleoartist gives pointers for drawing dinosaurs during an art workshop. After dark, learn to two-step to live Calgary cowboy music or enjoy a private dinner and evening of interactive fun at the TELUS Spark science center.
We look forward to securing your spot on this privileged encounter with the land before time and to revealing how Earth Journeys by Tauck and BBC Earth gives you an up-close view of nature’s nuances through the lens of esteemed professionals.
