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Corporation For Professional Conferences, Inc.
206 East Main Street
PO Box 697
Babylon Village, New York 11702-0697
Toll Free 1.800.621.4414 Fax 631.661.6914
Visit East Africa - Veterinary Medicine Study Tour
You're invited to join a Veterinary Medicine study tour and see Kenya Wildlife Safari
Visit Nairobi • Aberdare National Park • Samburu National Reserve • Lake Nakuru National Park • Masai Mara National Park With Extension To Tanzania • Tarangire National Park • Ngorongoro Crater.
Here's What's Included
• Round Trip Air Transportation Via South African Airways
• Complete Sightseeing Programs
• Breakfast and Lunch Or Dinner
• All Meals At Game Lodges
• Game Viewing At Aberdare, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara & Samburu National Parks
• Visit Karen Blixen's "Out Of Africa" Farm And Museum
• Local Guides & Conservationists
• American Tour Manager From Start To Finish
• Local Gratuities And Baggage Handling
• Optional Education Program / Meetings With Veterinarians
• Optional Extension To Tanzania
Price of Tour: $4385
Date of Tour: March 4 - 14, 2012 Double Occupancy From New York
Tanzania Extension: $1395.00
Dates of Extension: March 13 - 19, 2012
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Your Education Leader
Dr. Tara Harrison has been the veterinarian at Potter Park Zoo for over 6 years. She has also done training at the Toledo Zoo, and Wildlife Safari. She has worked with captive wildlife as well as native Michigan wildlife the entire time. She has done work on neoplasia in exotic fields, as well as virulent systemic calcivirus in exotic fields. She has a Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine focusing on zoonotic diseases and diseases of wildlife and is a Board Certified Diplomate in the American College of Zoological Medicine. She has been education leader previously. Dr Harrison will be assisted by Professor Scott Harrison, Ph.D.
Lecture / Discussion Topics
• Exotic Pets: Medicine and Management
• Wildlife Rehabilitation
• Zoological Medicine and Management
• Wildlife Management
• Exotic Animal Restraint and Handling
• Wildlife Research
• Common diseases of wildlife in Africa
Legal, ethical, philosophical as well as clinical issues will be discussed in all topics with slide shows when facilities allow. Topics like Animal Welfare and Animal Rights, and Ecotourism will be open for discussion in an informal style.
Professor Scott Harrison, Ph.D. Emerging Diseases, Molecular Biotechnology and Antibiotic Resistance.
About Tax Deductabilty
The tax deductibility of this program (or any program of this nature) is not implied. If you're interested in the tax deductibility of this (or any) program, we suggest that you review it first and your tax liability with your accountant.
Day 1. (D,S) We depart New York for Kenya via South African Airways.
Day 2. (D, B) We arrive in Nairobi after making connections in Johannesburg.
Sarova Stanley Hotel
We arrive in Johannesburg and connect with our flight to Nairobi, the "safari capital of the world". Welcome to Nairobi; look forward to a journey through majestic, unspoiled landscapes to fabulous game reserves where the Dark Continent's incomparable wildlife is protected in its natural habitat. The rest of the day is free to relax.
Day 3. (D, L) Today we visit Kenya Creamery Cooperative and the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage. Later we visit Karen Blixen's farm dedicated to the author of "Out of Africa" and even feed Giraffes. Sarova Stanley Hotel
This morning we visit the Kenya Cooperative Creamers, followed by a visit to Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage. This afternoon we drive through Kenya's modern, mile-high capital to the area of Karen Blixen's farm at the foot of the Ngong Hills and visit the museum dedicated to the author of "Out of Africa". Later we feed the gentle Rothschild's Giraffes at the Giraffe Center, and admire authentic African art and crafts at Utamaduni. Tonight we have a short briefing about the safari routine, and dine at our hotel.
Days 4, 5. (B,L,D) We are at the famous Samburu National Reserve Sarova Shaba Lodge
Today we proceed to the grassland area forming the bridge between Kenya's lush south and parched north. Look for herds of impalas, Grant's gazelles, and African buffalo as we enter Samburu National Reserve. On our second day in Samburu, a full day of game driving includes outings at dawn, when animals are most active, and in the late morning and afternoon, when it's best for photography. We dine at the lodge. Today we stay close to the Ewaso Nyiro River, where vast herds of plains game come to water, braving lions in the grass, leopards in the trees, and giant crocodiles. Not easily seen elsewhere are the liver-red reticulated giraffe, the long-necked gerenuk antelope, and the elegant Grevy's zebra.
Day 6. (B,L,D) We travel to Aberdare National Park and begin our safari at The Ark Tree Lodge where we'll see a wide variety of wildflife. The Ark
After lunch at the Aberdare Country Club, you'll venture deep into the Aberdare Mountains to The Ark tree lodge perched over a waterhole where animals refresh themselves. At night you can observe game from the spacious decks or underground bunker. Situated beside a floodlit waterhole and salt lick, a constant parade of wildlife visit throughout the night. There's no limit to the animals you'll see: birds and bushbuck, elephant, buffalo, rhino, hyena, and even the rare forest hog or leopard. Incidentally, the food here is excellent.
Day 7. (B,L,D) We visit the world's most important bird sanctuary at Lake Nakuru National Park where reedbuck, giraffe, bushbuck, wart hog, leopard and rhino thrive. Naivasha Simba lodge
Today we travel through serene farmlands to Thompson's Falls and then on to Lake Nakuru. One of the world's most important bird sanctuaries, Lake Nakuru is a lush green park and home to many species including reedbuck, bushbuck, wart hog, leopard, and the rare Rothschild giraffe. It has also been designated a rhino sanctuary.
Days 8 & 9. (B,L,D) We travel to the famous Masai Mara for more game viewing. Mara Simba Lodge
After breakfast, we travel to the Masai Mara, Kenya's most spectacular wildlife sanctuary. This is big game country and your home for the next two nights. The Masai Mara has been long-famed for having some of Africa's greatest concentrations of game. Staggering numbers of plains game are found here, which in turn support a tremendous predator population. During your afternoon game run, you have opportunities to see herds of impala, giraffe, elephant, topi, buffalo, and wart hog, as well as cheetah, leopard, and lion prides up to 20 strong.
Day 10. (B,L,D) After morning game drives, we travel to Nairobi where rooms have been reserved for us. Later, we travel to the airport for our connecting flight to Johannesburg and the USA. Dayroom at the New Stanley Hotel
We venture again into the wilds of the Mara, then return to Nairobi where rooms have been reserved for our convenience. Later we board our return flight to the USA then, bid Kwaheri to Africa -- a Swahili goodbye -- as we travel to the airport for our late afternoon flight.
Day 11. (B,L) We change flights in Johannesburg and continue on to the USA, arriving at JFK airport in the early morning.
EXTENSION TO TANZANIA: $1410.00
Dates: March 13 - March 19, 2012
Day 10. (B,L,D) We overnight in Nairobi. Sarova Stanley Hotel
Day 11. (B,L,D) We travel to Tarangire National Park in Tanzania with game drives along our way. Tarangire Sopa Lodge
After breakfast we depart to Tarangire National Park and have lunch in Arusha. We will have game drives as we travel. Tarangire is a lovely and tranquil park named after the river whose permanent waters attract game throughout the year. With nine distinct vegetation zones ranging from grassland to woodland, and from deep gully vegetation to scattered rocky hilltops, Tarangire offers a diverse wildlife habitat.
Day 12. (B,L,D) We have a morning game drive at Tarangire National Park, then drive on to Lake Manara National Park for more game drives. Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
Our morning game viewing will yield a diverse array of species. With its large numbers of baobab trees which dot the landscape, Tarangire has a prehistoric look. Here you'll find huge concentrations of elephant, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, kudu, gazelle, impala, eland, and others.
Day 13. (B,L,D) We're off to the fabulous Ngorongoro Crater, the largest undamaged caldera (collapsed volcano) in the world with the world's greatest concentration of wild animals. Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Early this morning we drive to what many consider the eighth Wonder of the World, Africa's Garden of Eden, the Ngorongoro Crater. Formed by a collapsed cone of a Great Rift Valley volcano some 3 million years ago, it is the largest undamaged caldera (collapsed volcano) in the world. This is a spectacular natural sanctuary and the diverse terrain of its 102 square mile basin supports a population of over 30,000 animals and over 350 species of birds. We'll spend the day game viewing complete with picnic lunch.
Day 14. (B, L) We return to Nairobi
and our hotel, via Arusha where we have lunch. and our hotel for overnight. Sarova Stanley Hotel
After breakfast, we return to Namanga and re-cross the border to Kenya and drive to Nairobi where we stay overnight. We'll have lunch in Arusha.
Day 15. This afternoon we travel to the airport for our connecting flight to Johannesburg and the USA.
Day 16. (B,L) We change flights in Johannesburg and continue to the USA, arriving at JFK airport in the early afternoon.
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