The Coiba Archipelago Expedition heads for the unexplored Isla Coiba off Panama for three weeks from 5 April 2005, led by famed explorer Colonel John Blashford-Snell - and you can join in. The jungle island had been a penal colony since 1918 but the convicts were recently moved to the mainland. Coiba and 38 smaller uninhabited islands are being developed as Coiba National Park, containing the second largest coral reef in the central-eastern Pacific and a habitat for a wide range of fish, dolphins, humpback and sperm whales year-round. A team of 12 divers, including archaeologists, geologists, surveyors, botanists and marine biologists is sought, though you don't need to have such a skill. The cost?£2950.
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