Ear­li­er this month, the ves­sel Na­tion­al Ge­o­graph­ic Ori­on vis­it­ed T&T’s shores for the first time.

Its sis­ter ship, the Na­tion­al Ge­o­graph­ic Ex­plor­er, vis­it­ed in 2022 when the coun­try’s bor­ders re­opened af­ter the pan­dem­ic and again in 2023.

For more than 25 years, the op­er­a­tors of the Lind­blad Ex­pe­di­tions/Na­tion­al Ge­o­graph­ic fleet have had a re­la­tion­ship with Nanan Ca­roni Bird Sanc­tu­ary Tours Ltd, an eco-tour com­pa­ny that has been con­duct­ing boat tours in the Ca­roni Swamp since the late 1930s.

The Na­tion­al Ge­o­graph­ic spe­cial ex­pe­di­tion cruise line of­fers des­ti­na­tions on all sev­en con­ti­nents, and the re­cent vis­it was a spe­cial ho­n­our.

The hard­work­ing staff of Nanan co­or­di­nat­ed all arrange­ments for their tours to en­sure that the vis­i­tors had the best pos­si­ble ex­pe­ri­ence.

Guests and staff from the Ori­on said they were ex­treme­ly pleased with their tours in T&T and the warmth and hos­pi­tal­i­ty of the cit­i­zens with whom they in­ter­act­ed.