Tanzania: A Photographic Safari

Tanzania: A Photographic Safari
May 31 – June 8, 2009

Africa opened my eyes to indescribable beauty. There has never been a time in my life when I felt more alive. —Maggie Banks, 2008 Academic Traveler

• LOOK AT PHOTOS FROM OUR 2008 TRIP

The Academic Traveler offers an 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 May 31st and return on June 8th. Experienced guides from Green Footprint Adventures will take participants through the national parks of Tanzania, leading them to areas optimal for seeing buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, lions, 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 drives in Arusha and Tarangire National Parks
Canoe trip on the Small Momella Lake
Village walk in Mto wa Mbu
Excursion in Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Four-day exploration of the Serengeti while staying at the Olakira Camp

Tanzania: A Photographic Safari program cost is $6995 per person (double occupancy). Registrants must submit a $1000 non-refundable deposit by March 6th, with the balance due in two equal parts on April 1st and May 1st. Employees of the University of Mississippi can use payroll deduction and have the balance spread over up to 24 pay periods beginning in April.

Accommodations are provided at the following locations - Rivertrees Lodge, Plantation Lodge, Olakira Camp, Kia Lodge.

Included in the program cost:

Pre-departure educational material
Pre-departure lectures
On-site digital photography instruction
All accommodations and meals
All transfers to and from lodges and airports in Tanzania
Safari vehicles with guides 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)
Immunizations
Tips

Optional supplements:

Single room - $750
Balloon flight in the Serengeti and champagne breakfast on June 70th - $500

"Africa opened my eyes to indescribable beauty. There has never been a time in my life when I felt more alive." —Maggie Banks, 2008 Academic Traveler