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This tour is provided by Odysseys Unlimited,
six-time honoree Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Tour Operators award.
An Exclusive Small Group Tour for Alumni & Friends of Johns Hopkins University
17 days from $8,096 total price from Boston, New York, Wash DC($7,295 air, land & safari inclusive plus $801 airline taxes and fees)
CLASSIC SAFARI: KENYA & TANZANIA
October 30-November 15, 2019
Dear Alumni and Friends,
Join us on an exclusive 17-day adventure to the premier safari destinations of Kenya and Tanzania. You’ll have an opportunity to see the “Big Five,” and stay in top-rated, intimate wildlife lodges.
The highlights of this tour are many and varied. Travel from grassland plains to the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro; from the world’s largest volcanic crater to the edge of the Rift Valley, enjoying game drives and up-close encounters. Visit Amboseli National Park, known for its large elephant population; and peaceful Lake Manyara, a national park noted for its abundant bird life, including masses of dazzling pink flamingoes. Explore the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which encompasses Ngorongoro Crater, where Africa’s “Big Five” reside; and Olduvai Gorge, site of discoveries that revolutionized the field of human evolution. Your final stop will be Masai Mara, Kenya’s premier wildlife reserve and homeland to the semi-nomadic, proud Maasai people.
Space is limited to only 18 guests and will fill quickly. Please call today to secure your place on what promises to be an unforgettable tour of Kenya and Tanzania!
Sincerely,
Marguerite I. Jones, A&S ’74, Bus ’88 Travel Program Director Office of Alumni Relations
JHU RESERVATION FORM – CLASSIC SAFARI: KENYA & TANZANIA
Enclosed is my/our deposit for $______($500 per person) for ____ person(s) on Classic Safari: Kenya & Tanzania departing October 30, 2019. I/We understand the final payment is due at least 95 days prior to departure. Payment may be made by American Express, Discover, MasterCard, VISA, or personal check. Please make check payable to Odysseys Unlimited, Inc., and send with completed registration form, to: Odysseys Unlimited, Inc., Attn: Special Interest Groups, One Newton Place, 275 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, MA 02458. Or phone in your reservation to Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. at (toll-free) 888-370-6765, or fax your reservation form to 617-454-9199. For Johns Hopkins-related questions, please call 800-548-5481 or 410-516-0363.
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Eligibility: One member of the traveling party is required to make a sustaining financial contribution of $50 or more to the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association within the fiscal year. Please visit alumni.jhu.edu/support.
Note: A small portion of the cost of your trip supports the Johns Hopkins Alumni Travel Program.
Day 1: Depart U.S. for Nairobi, Kenya
Day 2: Arrive Nairobi After arriving in Nairobi, we transfer to our hotel. As arrival times may vary greatly, we have no group activities or meals planned.
Day 3: Nairobi We see highlights of Kenya’s cosmopolitan capital city, stopping for a tour of the Karen Blixen Museum, the one-time home of the Danish writer who, as Isak Dinesen, wrote Out of Africa. We also visit the Giraffe Centre, which provides nature education to Kenyan schoolchildren and where we see several of the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe here up close. After returning to our hotel late this afternoon, tonight we enjoy a welcome dinner at our hotel. B,D
Day 4: Nairobi/Amboseli We travel by mini-bus this morning to Amboseli National Park in the shadow of snowcapped Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Maasai’s “white mountain” and the world’s tallest free-standing mountain at 19,336 feet. Known for its large elephant population, Amboseli boasts wide, dry plains also teem-ing with herds of wildebeest, zebra, impala, and giraffe – as we may see on this afternoon’s wildlife drive. B,L,D
Day 5: Amboseli Early this morning we visit a nearby Maasai village. Later: wildlife drive and time for relaxing at our lodge in the foothills of Kiliman-jaro beneath a copse of feathered acacia trees. B,L,D
Day 6: Amboseli/Lake Manyara Tanzania has 13,000 square miles of protected parkland, more than any other country. We travel today to peaceful Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania’s smallest and most diverse parks. Bordered by the dramatic Western Escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara is notable for its abundant birdlife, diverse vegetation, tree-climbing lions, and hippos. We take an afternoon wildlife drive. B,L,D
Day 7: Lake Manyara Lake Manyara offers the essence of Tanzania’s safari experience. Along with the lake itself, the park boasts a varied ecosystem of forest, grassy floodplain, and acacia woodland that attracts herds of plains animals, plus hippo, monkeys, and
ClassiC safari: Kenya & Tanzania17 days from $8,096 total price from Boston, New York, Wash DC($7,295 air, land & safari inclusive plus $801 airline taxes and fees)
O n safari … it’s one of the most alluring phrases in all of travel. And Kenya and Tanzania count among the most alluring places to be “on safari.” As our small
group travels from grasslands to highlands, to reserves and national parks, we enjoy intimate wildlife drives, see stupendous landscapes, stay in excellent accommodations, and meet gracious local people.
Tour membership limited to 18 alumni & friends
Cover photo: We go on safari in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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KENYA
TANZANIA
AmboseliNational Park
Nairobi
Masai MaraWildlife Reserve
Serengeti National Park
Lake Manyara
Ngorongoro Crater
DestinationAirMini Buses Entry/Departure
Avg. High (ºF) Oct NovMasai Mara 82 86Serengeti 82 81
Small Group Tour Highlights
Amboseli’s large elephant population • Diverse birdlife at Lake Manyara • Ngorongoro, wildlife haven and Maasai homeland • Olduvai Gorge • Serengeti National Park and Masai Mara, Africa’s best wildlife-viewing sites • Top-rated wildlife lodges
Day Itinerary Hotel Rating1 Depart U.S. for Nairobi
2-3 Nairobi Fairmont The Norfolk Deluxe
4-5 Amboseli Amboseli Sup. First Serena Lodge Class
6-7 Lake Lake Manyara Sup. First Manyara Serena Lodge Class
8-9 Ngorongoro Ngorongoro Sup. First Serena Lodge Class
10-11 Serengeti Serengeti Sup. First Serena Lodge Class
12-14 Masai Mara Sarova Mara Sup. First Game Camp Class
15 Nairobi Fairmont The Norfolk Deluxe
16 Nairobi/Depart for U.S. (overnight flight)
17 Arrive U.S.
Ratings are based on the Hotel & Travel Index, the travel industry standard reference.
baboons. On today’s two wildlife drives, we get a taste of this incredibly diverse landscape and wildlife. B,L,D
Day 8: Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro Conservation Area This morning we enjoy a final wildlife drive at Lake Manyara then after lunch set out for Ngorong-oro, a UNESCO Conservation Area, International Biosphere Reserve, and site of Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. On the crater’s floor is Africa in microcosm: grassland, swampland, lakes, forests, mountains, and unparalleled wildlife, including the rare black rhino, hippo, wildebeest, zebra, eland, gazelle, and black-maned lion. B,L,D
Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater On our morning tour of the 100-square-mile crater, we have our only chance to see all of Africa’s “Big Five” – elephant, buffalo, rhino, lion, and leopard – in one place. The afternoon is at leisure to relax at our lodge on the crater’s rim. B,L,D
Day 10: Ngorongoro/Serengeti National Park We’re bound this morning for the Serengeti, the Maa-sai’s 5,700-square-mile “endless plain” and one of the world’s last great wildlife refuges. En route we visit 31-mile Olduvai Gorge, where in 1959 anthropologist Mary Leakey discovered the 1.8-million-year-old skull of Australopithecus boisei – and revolutionized the study of human evolution. Reaching our lodge, we embark on an afternoon wildlife drive. B,L,D
Day 11: Serengeti Twice a year, some 1.3 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra, and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle migrate to new grazing lands between Masai Mara and the Serengeti, sparking one of nature’s most spectacular sights. But the Serengeti’s vast treeless plains teem with animal life year-round, and this is the best place to see lion and cheetah up close. Perhaps we will on today’s two wildlife drives. B,L,D
We visit a Maasai village to learn about their culture.
Day 12: Serengeti/Masai Mara We leave Tanzania today, crossing into Kenya and continuing on to Masai Mara, Kenya’s premier wildlife reserve, rich with animal life and traditional homeland of the native Maasai people. Known especially for the annual migra-tion that sees some two million wildebeest, zebra, and Thomson’s gazelle (among other wildlife) migrate here from the Serengeti (Masai Mara being the continuation of the Serengeti in Kenya), the Mara sits in the Great Rift Valley and comprises 583 square miles of vast plains, acacia forests, grass-covered hills, and slow-flow-ing rivers. We take our first wildlife drive as we enter the reserve on the way to our tented camp. B,L,D
Lions roam the Mara’s plains.
Day 13: Masai Mara We spend today “on safari,” venturing out on early morning and late afternoon wildlife drives during prime viewing hours to glimpse some of the lion, leopard, cheetah, zebra, giraffe, gazelle, wildebeest, elephant, buffalo, hippo, rhino, and other wildlife that call the Mara home. B,L,D
Day 14: Masai Mara Again today we’re “on safari,” with morning and afternoon wildlife drives in this preserve that is just slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island. When not out in the bush, we are at leisure to enjoy the amenities of our luxury tented camp, including a spa and swimming pool. B,L,D
Day 15: Masai Mara/Nairobi Today we re-enter the urban world as we fly from the Mara back to Nairobi. Tonight we toast our safari adventure at a farewell dinner. B,L,D
Day 16: Nairobi/Depart for U.S. After a morning at leisure, we transfer to the Nairobi airport and board our connecting flight to the U.S. B
Day 17: Arrive U.S. We reach the U.S. this morning and connect with our flights home.
Your Tour Price Includes• Round-trip air transportation from listed cities;
flight from Masai Mara to Nairobi• 14 nights’ accommodations: 11 nights in Deluxe
and Superior First Class hotels and lodges; 3 nights in tented camp
• 39 meals: 14 breakfasts, 12 lunches, 13 dinners• Extensive wildlife viewing as described, including
all entrance fees• Mineral water while on safari• Services of an Odysseys Unlimited Tour Director• Private mini-bus transportation throughout your
trip with guaranteed window seating• Luggage handling for one bag per person• Gratuities for drivers/guides, dining room servers,
and airport and hotel porters
Tour Departs: October 30, 2019Prices include int’l airfare and all taxes, surcharges, and fees.
Boston, New York, $8,096
Washington, DC
Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, $8,296 San Francisco, Seattle
Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Miami, $8,496 Minneapolis, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa
Denver, Detroit, $8,596
Phoenix, Portland (OR)
Land Only (transfers not included) $6,895
Please call if your city is not listed. Prices are per person based on double occupancy and include airline taxes, surcharges, and fees of $801, which are subject to change until final payment is made.
Single travelers please add $1,795.
All tour prices above (excluding airline taxes, surcharges, and fees) are guaranteed. Depending on flight schedules, certain U.S. cities may require a departure one day prior to the listed schedule above.
Business Class upgrade on round-trip Trans-Atlantic flight: $4,995 per person in addition to the above costs (upgrade is subject to availability and pricing is subject to change).
For reservations and information, please call Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. toll-free at
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Or call the Johns Hopkins Alumni Office at
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“You know You are trulY alive when You’re living
among lions.”– karen Blixen
Giraffes feed for 16 to 20 hours a day.
We may see cheetahs on safari.
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f tou
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kets
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stric
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crua
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opov
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al
tern
ate
trave
l dat
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pgra
des,
and
airl
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taxe
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d fe
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f you
pre
fer t
o m
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your
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gem
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ny t
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reco
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end
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if
you
choo
se t
o m
ake
your
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n ai
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serv
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ns,
you
do n
ot p
urch
ase
non-
refu
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le t
icke
ts o
r th
ose
wit
h hi
gh
pena
ltie
s fo
r ch
ange
s. I
f yo
u ch
oose
to
mak
e yo
ur o
wn
air
arra
ngem
ents
, O
dyss
eys
Unl
imit
ed,
Inc.
sha
ll no
t ha
ve a
ny
liabi
lity
for
any
loss
res
ulti
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rom
can
cella
tion
of
this
tou
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this
tou
r.
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ce o
f Alu
mni
Rel
atio
nsSa
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artin
Cen
ter,
2nd
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r34
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orth
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rles
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etBa
ltim
ore,
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