September 24-25, 2010: Depart US / Amsterdam
/ Arrive Tanzania
Venture to Tanzania via Amsterdam, where you will
catch a connecting flight to Kilimanjaro Airport.
From there, you will be met and transferred to your
lodge in Arusha.
• Overnight: Arusha Lodge
September 26-27: Enashiva Nature Refuge
Take a short flight to the remote wilds of a private
nature reserve exclusive for Thomson guests. Over
two thrilling days, you will explore the pristine
savannah and woodlands by vehicle and by foot, seeing
zebra, impala, giraffe, and more. You will also have
up-close and interactive experiences with our many
Maasai neighbors and friends, such as a women’s
collaborative, a storyteller, and dancers. This is
the Africa you have been dreaming about.
• Overnights: Thomson Enashiva Nyumba
September 28-30: Serengeti National
Park
After a morning drive, enter the endless plains
of the famed Serengeti, where you’ll have three
days of wilderness ventures over a diverse landscape
of acacia forests, rolling hills, grasslands, rivers,
and kopjes. With luck, you will even encounter the
great migration of wildebeest, zebra, and antelope,
as it makes its way south over the Mara River. See
and capture more through the lens, as Halperin gives
daily informal photography lessons. You will stay
at two distinct Thomson sites both ideally located
for the best possible wildlife viewing.
• Overnights: Thomson Serengeti Nyumba
October 1-2: Ngorongoro Crater
You will drive from the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area this morning, stopping for lunch
en route at Olduvai Gorge, where Louis and Mary Leakey
discovered the 1.75-million-year-old skull ofAustralopithecus.
You’ll have the rare opportunity to descend
into the gorge and explore its prehistoric sites,
while Wrangham captivates you with discussions based
on his prominent work in evolutionary biology. From
there, you’ll head to the Ngorongoro Crater,
spending two nights at a camp perched on the crater
rim. You’ll spend the following day on the
crater floor, where thousands of animals reside,
including black rhino, cheetah, lion, hyena, eland,
and numerous antelope. The alkaline Lake Magadi serves
as an important water source, also attracting flamingo
flocks during the dry season.
• Overnights: Thomson Ngorongoro Nyumba
October 3-5: Gombe Stream National
Park
Take an early-morning drive down to Manyara Airstrip
to catch a flight to Kigoma town in western Tanzania.
Just as Halperin and Wrangham did nearly 40 years
ago, you will then take a boat ride over Lake Tanganyika
to Gombe Stream National Park, where you will be
greeted by the staff of the Jane Goodall Institute.
After a chimp trek briefing, you will have a dinner
in celebration of Jane Goodall’s 50-year legacy
at the Gombe Forest Lodge. Rise early on the following
days in high anticipation of tracking down Gombe’s
legendary chimpanzees. Hike through the dense bamboo
and mountain forests, perhaps having lunch at Jane’s
Peak or Kikombe Waterfalls. When you do finally come
upon the chimps, whether they are playfully squabbling,
grooming each other, or swinging through trees, the
moment will be simply spectacular. When not trekking,
you can also pursue other optional activities, such
as bird-watching and even snorkeling in Lake Tanganyika,
the second deepest lake in the world. As you share
in their own homecoming journey, Halperin and Wrangham
will be sure to make your experience all the more
enlightening and meaningful. Take heart in knowing
that your stay will significantly support the critical
conservation mission of the Jane Goodall Institute,
so the chimpanzees will thrive for generations to
come.
• Overnights: Gombe Forest Lodge
October 6-8: Zanzibar
You’ll bid farewell to your friends at Gombe
this morning to catch a flight across Tanzania to
Zanzibar. Known as the Spice Islands, Zanzibar has
limitless wonders for travelers, from its immaculate
beaches and coral reefs to its cultural and historic
tours. Upon arrival on the main island, you will
be met by one of our partners and escorted to your
hotel in the middle of the historic Stone Town, where
you can explore its labyrinth of narrow streets,
white-washed Arabesque buildings and mosques, sprawling
markets, and palm tree-shaded courtyards. On the
following day, you’ll transfer to your little
plot of paradise beside the Indian Ocean at a resort
on the island’s opposite end. The reefs and
coral offer exquisite views, including an immense
diversity of vibrant aquatic life: butterfly fish,
emperor angel fish, dolphin, lion fish, green turtles,
and manta ray. Spend two days taking in the local
Swahili culture and enjoying the beach — whether
swimming, snorkeling, diving, taking photos, or simply
relaxing.
• Overnights: Stonetown Lodge and Zanzibar
Beachfront Lodge
October 9-10: Depart Tanzania / Amsterdam
/ Arrive US
You will transfer to Stone Town after breakfast,
having more time to visit its sites. You’ll
then take a late afternoon flight to Dar es Salaam,
where you will have a day-room at a seaside hotel
and bazaar before heading to the airport to catch
your flight to Amsterdam and then home.
Land-Only Pricing
$15,890 per person for JGI Peak Society Members.
*$16,890 for non-members.
Price based on 12 guests
$14,490 per person for JGI Peak Society Members.
*$15,490 for non-members.
Price based on 14 guests
$13,390 per person for JGI Peak Society Members.
*$14,390 for non-members.
Price based on 16 guests
Current Jane Goodall Institute Peak Society members
must provide proof of membership at time of booking.
Booking
Call us at (800) 235-0289 to reserve your space.
This once in a lifetime safari is exclusive, so please
book early to ensure availability.
A $2,000 non-refundable, non-transferrable credit
card deposit is required to reserve your space.
*A $1,000 JGI Peak Society membership fee is accounted
for in the non-member rates. Please note that the
participant is responsible for paying this amount
directly to JGI. Once Thomson Safaris receives proof
of membership, you will be invoiced based on member
rates.
Cancellation Charge
From booking to 121 days before departure: 100% of
the deposit
From 120 to 91 days before departure:
50% of trip price
From 90 to 61 days before departure:
65% of trip price
From 60 days or less before departure:
100% of trip price
Additional Terms
Itinerary and price is subject to change. Lodges
in Arusha and Zanzibar will be determined prior
to the final payment deadline.
This trip requires a minimum enrollment of 12 guests;
should Thomson Safaris need to cancel the trip due
to insuffient enrollment, your safari deposit would
be refunded in full.
Trip Leaders
Richard
Wrangham, Primatologist
After four decades of studying primates in East Africa,
Richard Wrangham is still in awe of chimpanzees.
Currently the Ruth Moore Professor of Anthropology
at Harvard, Wrangham has produced pioneering studies
about primates, including discovering that chimpanzees
self-medicate.
Most recently he published, Catching Fire:
How Cooking Made Us Human, which proposes a radical
new theory on human evolution and has been listed
by the New York Times and the Economistas
one of the best books of 2009. Since 1987, he has
directed the Kibale Chimpanzee Project in western
Uganda, the British anthropologist’s second
home whenever the academic year ends.
Wrangham says he hopes travelers will reflect upon
what it means that chimpanzees and humans are each
other’s closest relatives and will come to
have a deeper understanding of the remarkable intricacies
of animal and human behavior.
As a graduate student at Gombe, he once reportedly
attempted to live like a chimpanzee — diet
of termites and all.
Stewart
Halperin, Photographer
With his keen eyes always alert and cameras ready,
Stewart Halperin has journeyed to more than 80 countries
while capturing an eclectic array of extraordinary
color images over the past 40 years.
His collection includes some 120,000 color transparencies
of fine art photographic prints and an expanding
digital library, which ranges from stunning landscapes
in New Zealand to dreamy abstracts in Italy, from
wildlife in Key West to dramatic cultural displays
in Brazil. The most formative moments of Halperin’s
career came when he studied under the photography
juggernaut, Ernst Haas.
Now based in Saint Louis, Halperin leads regular
workshops and world tours, striving to instill his
students with a sense of composition so they can
discover and develop their own aesthetics.
He says his days as a graduate student with the
chimps at Gombe gave him an entirely different sense
of time, observation, and wonder.
One to Three Day Workshops
