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WMOONOKLLEYY
TRAVEL
Join us for an epic journey to view wild animals and
experience fascinating cultures.
TANZANIA: A TREASURE TROVE OF WILDLIFE AND CULTURE THE AMAZON VOYAGE:
GREATEST VOYAGE IN
Your first animal viewing opportunity is at Lake NATURAL HISTORY
Manyara National Park, which boasts over 350 bird species,
including eagles, vultures, storks, swifts, swallows, and Join Brookfield Zoo
flamingos. Baobab trees are home to blue vervet monkeys members and Shedd
and baboons, while lions and elephants laze nearby. Aquarium members for adventure
as an elegant riverboat becomes your
Next up is Ngorongoro Crater, an extinct volcano that home for seven days. Gaze at the stars and hear
plays host to lions, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras, porcupines, amazing stories told by guides as you float your way
buffalo, elephants, and more—including rare black rhinos. from Iquitos to the confluence of the Marañón and
Ucayali rivers—the western origin of the Amazon.
At the famous Olduvai Gorge, where the renowned
Louis and Mary Leakey made some of archaeology’s Hop aboard excursion boats to search for oriole
most amazing discoveries, you can tour the museum blackbirds, green ibises, and yellow-headed caracaras,
there before heading out into the spectacular Serengeti, as well as monkeys and sloths. Folklore and science
where millions of wildebeests and hundreds of thousands come alive as you look for pink river dolphins and
of zebras migrate each year, followed by predators such squirrel monkeys.
as cheetahs and leopards. Explore the Serengeti Wildlife
Research Centre to discover all you would want to know Explore Pacaya-Samiria Reserve aboard excursion
about this World Biosphere Reserve. boats and hike the rain forest on the lookout for
capybaras, caimans, bats, and other animals—at night.
Walk in the footsteps of Hemingway in the Grumeti During the day, you may be able to find scarlet macaws,
River area, which features pools of fierce creatures like hoatzins, black-collared hawks, and red howler monkeys.
crocodiles and hippos. Also among this area’s residents are
lions and leopards, which you can watch from your camp, Stop over at a riverbank village owned by the Ribereño
an elegant Victorian-era tented outpost set upon a hill. people and visit a school and talk to the shaman.
Continue your adventure with more birdwatching, and
Please call (708) 688-8348 or go to try your hand at fishing for piranhas.
May 20 to 31, 2017 CZS.org/TravelPrograms for a full
The Chicago Zoological Society’s senior vice president
itinerary and pricing. of animal programs, Bill Zeigler, and Shedd Aquarium’s
vice president of environmental quality, Allen LaPointe,
will lead this trip.
Please call (708) 688-8348 or go to
October 20 to 29, 2017 CZS.org/TravelPrograms for a full
itinerary and pricing.
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