June 4 – June 14, 2019 $500 per person deposit holds your space on this trip. Led by Peter Tobias, sixteen travellers will enjoy ten exclusive days cruising the Rio Negro on the RV Otter with Captain Gilberto Castro. Accommodations feature air conditioning and en suite bath. Day trips into the riverine forest will feature orchids, bromeliads,…
September 17 – Oct 6, 2019 One of the most incredible places on earth, Madagascar is THE diversity hotspot with a very high proportion of endemic flora and fauna, including about 950 orchid species. The tour, led by Madagascar veterans Clare and Johan Hermans, starts with a meet up in the capital, Antananarivo (Tana). Flights arrive…
We are happy to announce our earliest Orchids in the Wild Trip for 2019 to Yunnan, China! This will be the OCA’s fourth trip to this incredibly interesting and diverse country, and the first that will bring us to see epiphytic orchids, in addition to many lithophytic and terrestrial orchid species. The trip starts April 16,…
This “Orchids in the Wild” trip to the highlands of Papua New Guinea starts with everyone meeting in the city of Port Moresby. We fly to the town of Mt. Hagen where we will spend the next week. We will stay at the Magic Mountain lodge, a lovely resort nestled at the base of Magic…