Tanzania: A Photographic Safari, June 3 – 12, 2008
(optional Zanzibar excursion)
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The Academic Traveler offers its first African adventure, Tanzania: A Photographic Safari. Explore this east African country with photographer Brooke White, assistant professor of art at the University of Mississippi. Travelers will depart on June 3rd and return on June 12th, unless opting to spend a few days on the beaches of Zanzibar. Experienced guides will take participants through the national parks of Tanzania, leading them to areas optimal for seeing buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, bush babies, porcupines, leopards, elephants and a wide array of birds. In addition to the wildlife, travelers will have the opportunity to photograph the stunning African landscape ranging from the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest unbroken caldera to the grasslands of the Serengeti, home to the largest and longest overland migration in the world.
Highlights for Academic Travelers:
- Pre-departure and on-site photography instruction
- Guided game drive in Arusha National Park
- Canoe trip on the Small Momella Lake
- Village walk in Mto wa Mbu
- Bush dinner and night game drive in Lake Manyara Park
- Excursion in Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Four-day exploration of the Serengeti while staying at the Olakira Camp
The Academic Traveler Photography in Tanzania program cost is $6675 per person (double occupancy).
The registration deadline is Friday, March 14th. Payroll deduction is available for University of Mississippi faculty and staff.
Accommodations are provided at the following locations - Rivertrees Lodge, Kirurumu Tented Lodge, Plantation Lodge, Olakira Camp, Kia Lodge. Participants extending their stay to visit Zanzibar will stay one night at Hurumzi 236 and three nights at Matemwe Bungalows.
Included in the program cost:
- Pre-departure educational material
- Pre-departure lectures
- On-site digital photography instruction
- All accommodation and food
- All transfers to and from lodges and airports in Tanzania
- Safari vehicle with guide during the safari
- All park fees
- Domestic flights
- All drinks, wine, beer except for champagne at Olakira camp
- Insurance for Flying Doctors help in case of an emergency
- Round-trip air travel from Memphis to Kilimanjaro International Airport in Arusha, Tanzania
Excluded from the program cost:
- Drinks in the lodges (except for drinks at Olakira camp, see above)
- Tips
Optional supplements:
- Single room - $600
- Balloon flight in the Serengeti and champagne breakfast on June 10th - $450
- Zanzibar extension (5 days/4 nights) - $850
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