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TRAVEL
Join us on one of these epic journeys to view wild animals and create lifetime memories.
KENYA UNDER CANVAS CHURCHILL, MANITOBA: POLAR BEARS ON THE BAY
Mount Kenya will play backdrop to your first adventure Join Brookfield Zoo members in Churchill, Manitoba,
as you stay in the rustic Serena Mountain Lodge, located Canada—the polar bear capital of the world.
7,200 feet high on the mountain’s slopes. Colobus Upon arriving in Churchill, start your trip with a
monkeys and Sykes monkeys hang out nearby, as dog sledding excursion led by a local resident and
do elephants, rhinos, buffalo, and more at the hotel’s dog sledding expert who will teach you about dog
illuminated waterhole. handling philosophy. The team of friendly dogs will
take you on a mile-long ride through the northern
Next, go on daytime drives to find the famous Big Five: boreal forest.
leopards, lions, rhinos, elephants, and buffalo. At night,
watch as giraffes, zebras, and other animals visit camp. You will then spend a two-day overnight trip
on the tundra. Look for polar bears in their natural
Observe leopards, lions, hippos, baboons, warthogs, habitat from the comfort of a Tundra Buggy, while
rare giraffes and rhinos, and other animals in the listening to in-field lectures by experts from Polar
surrounding national park. Birders will have much to Bears International.
see, including pelicans, fish eagles, and marabou storks.
Night game drives, walks in the bush country, and hot air While exploring the desert-like
balloon rides are all possibilities. An additional three days tundra and northern sections of the
spent on the Maasai Mara’s savannah will thrill all. boreal forest, also keep your eye out
for ringed-seals and Arctic foxes.
Optional trip extensions are to Tsavo West National
Park and Amboseli National Park. Bill Zeigler, the Chicago Zoological
Society’s senior vice president of
Curator of mammals Joan Daniels animal programs, will lead this trip.
will accompany this trip and will be
able to tell you all about the Chicago October 2018 Please call (708) 688-8348 or go to
Zoological Society’s support of animals CZS.org/TravelPrograms for a full
such as giraffes, elephants, and lions in itinerary and pricing.
this part of the world.
Please call (708) 688-8667 or go to RETICULATED GIRAFFES
June 14 to 23, 2018 CZS.org/TravelPrograms for a full
itinerary and pricing.
WANT TO
KNOW MORE?
Join us February 22 from
7-8:30 p.m. for more details
on this adventure to Kenya.
Call (708) 684-8667
to RSVP.
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