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