“Kimberley Expedition: Australia’s Wild Northwest”

10-day, 9-night cruise aboard National Geographic Orion, with professional photography instruction. May-July 2014. Highlights: Fly to Darwin, embark ship for Kimberleys plateau region / Purnululu National Park for flightseeing or Ord River cruise to Lake Argyle and Durack homestead / Gwion Gwion Aboriginal rock art up to 40,000 years old / near Naturalists Island, Zodiac through mangroves; see crocodiles / Montgomery Reef / Talbot Bay / Nares Point / disembark in Broome. Excluding airfare, $8,210-$17,190 per person, double occ. Single cabins, $12,320 or $16,980.

Lindblad Expeditions (New York, NY; 800/397-3348).