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TRAVEL THE AMAZON VOYAGE: GREATEST VOYAGE
IN NATURAL HISTORY
Join us on one of these epic journeys to view
wild animals and create lifetime memories. Join Brookfield Zoo members and Shedd Aquarium members for
adventure as an elegant riverboat becomes your home for seven
TANZANIA: A TREASURE TROVE OF WILDLIFE AND CULTURE days. Gaze at the stars and hear amazing stories told by guides as
you float your way from Iquitos to the confluence of the Marañón
Your first animal-viewing opportunity is at Lake Manyara and Ucayali rivers—the western origin of the Amazon.
National Park, which boasts over 350 bird species.
You’ll see Verreaux’s eagles and a variety of vultures, Hop aboard excursion boats to search for oriole blackbirds, green
swifts, and swallows winging their way atop the ibises, and yellow-headed caracaras, as well as monkeys and sloths.
spectacular cliffs overlooking a shimmering Lake Folklore and science come alive as you look for pink river dolphins
Manyara. Flocks of flamingos, pelicans, and storks and squirrel monkeys.
can give the lake a pinkish hue. Springs in the park’s
northern end support a dense groundwater forest. Explore Pacaya-Samiria Reserve aboard excursion boats and hike
Baobab trees are home to blue and vervet monkeys the rain forest on the lookout for capybaras, caimans, bats, and other
and baboons. animals—at night. During the day, you may be able to find scarlet
macaws, hoatzins, black-collared hawks, and red howler monkeys.
Next up is Ngorongoro Crater, an extinct volcano
that plays host to lions, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras, Stop over at a riverbank village owned by the Ribereño people and
porcupines, buffalo, elephants, and more—including visit a school and talk to the shaman. Continue your adventure with
rare black rhinos. more bird-watching and try your hand at fishing for piranhas.

At the famous Olduvai Gorge, where the renowned Shedd Aquarium’s vice president of environmental quality,
Louis and Mary Leakey made some of archaeology’s Allen LaPointe, will lead this trip.
most amazing discoveries, you can tour the museum
before heading out into the spectacular Serengeti Please call (708) 688-8348 or
where millions of wildebeests and hundreds of March 19 to 27, 2021 go to CZS.org/TravelPrograms
thousands of zebras migrate each year, followed by
predators such as cheetahs and leopards. Explore for a full itinerary and pricing.
the Serengeti Wildlife Research Centre to discover
all you would want to know about this World
Biosphere Reserve.

Walk in the footsteps of Hemingway in the Grumeti
River area, which features pools of fierce creatures like
crocodiles and hippos. Also among this area’s residents
are lions and leopards, which you can watch from your
camp, an elegant Victorian-era, tented outpost set
upon a hill.

Please call (708) 688-8348 or
November 9 to 19, 2020 go to CZS.org/TravelPrograms

for a full itinerary and pricing.

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All events, dates, and times are subject to change.
Please visit CZS.org for the most up-to-date information.