April 12-13. Days 0. Depart San Francisco for a couple of days in Hawaii before our Expedition
April 14, 2015. Day 1. Meet experts, staff, and fellow travelers at a welcome dinner at our beachfront resort and enjoy a talk by National Geographic wildlife photographer and whale researcher Flip Nicklin.
The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii
Cross the International Date Line
April 15, 2015. Day 2. Board our private jet and fly toward the South Pacific, crossing the international
date line. We lose a day en route and arrive in Tonga the following afternoon.