Elephant Walk

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Elephant Walk DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY Classic safari with private guide Elephant Walk focuses on and supports the majestic elephant as the species faces a fight for survival in the face of ivory poaching and habitat loss. Visit the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust that raises, rehabilitates and helps transition orphaned Kenyan elephants back into the wild. See how these baby elephants connect with their caretakers in the Nairobi orphanage and how they prepare for reintegration back into wild at the Ithumba compound in Tsavo National Park. Meet researchers in elephant-dense Amboseli National Park. Connect to this deeply emotional, intelligent and sentinent species who exhibit “leadership...survival, and...concepts that are not supposed to be applied to animals: patience, loyalty, love, and joy.” –Cynthia Moss, Amboseli Elephant Research Project kar look, a richerlook, taste, understanding and adeeper of an astonishing landscape. Come with us and discover brilliance the and serenity company inthe of Africa can who give of you experts acloser Accommodations are comfortable and is delicious. food the We’ll get you to locations best the during animal right the identification, seasons. Learn tracking and spotting skills. Its allaboutthewildlife. and complicatedpoliticsuniquetoAfrica. Experience wondrous wildlife,enjoy localculture anddiscover more aboutthevibrantpeople Your dollarmakeschange. oursafaribusiness. andnurturelands, aswell localsmallbusinesses thatinturnsupport assupport enjoyment ofAfrica’s wildlife.Theyensure thefuture. Your dollarsprotect wildlifeandwild We believe thatlocalAfricancommunitiesmust benefitandprosper and from theconservation Arrive inAfricafullyprepared andready toexplore. We detail. attendtoevery We helpyou learnaboutAfrica’s issues. conservation important As aworldwideteamwithvast experience,we provide you withexceptional personalservice. lore andalltheskillsofamastertracker. knowledge ofseasonalwildlifemigrationsandpatterns.Our guidespossessalifetimeofAfrican Wildlife encounters,atoncespontaneousandbeyond imagination,result from ourin-depth Welcome toDeeper Africa ENDLESS WILDERNESS, GREAT GUIDES & SPECTACULAR WILDLIFE VIEWING classic sana with Deeper Africa i It’s time. placeattheperfect being intheperfect We love thiswildcontinent. bun

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ELEPHANT WALK DA SCHEDULEITINERARY Safari scheduleataglance Overnights atOvernights Ithumba Camp Bush flight to TsavoEast National Park Days 5& 6: atOvernights Tawi Lodge Bush flight to Amboseli National Park Days 3& 4: atOvernights Ole Sereni inNairobi,Arrival Kenya Day 1&2: TBD Departs: International flight #1

Arrives: TBD

888.658.7102 Day room at Ole Sereni Bush flight to Nairobi for international flights Day 9: atOvernights Satao Camp Drive within Tsavo National East Park Days 7&8: Departs: TBD Departs: International flight #2 Arrives: NBO

©Ithumba Camp/Campi Ya Kanzi DAYS 1 & 2 OLE SERENI | NAIROBI

ELEPHANT WALK ©Jaime Steffen Lutz Steffen ©Jaime DAYS 1 & 2 Ole Sereni Nairobi National Park

Wildlife viewing Activities included Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close

Baboons, Buffalo, Cheetahs, David Sheldrick Crocodiles, Giraffes, Hippos, Wildlife Trust Elephant Leopard, Lions, Ostriches, orphanage visit Rhinos, Wildebeests, Zebras

Upon clearing customs at Jomo Kenyatta International orphaned elephants live, play and learn together under Airport in Kenya’s bustling capital city of Nairobi, a the compassionate watch of their inspiring human driver awaits you holding a Deeper Africa sign with caretakers, who prepare them to return to the wild. your name on it. He will transport you to the Ole Watch elephant feedings and mud baths and meet Sereni Hotel, overlooking Nairobi National Park, a elephants less than two years of age. Most exciting, conservation area on the southern side of the city serving if you sponsored an orphan, meet your baby elephant as a sanctuary for many wildlife species including rhinos, in person. giraffes and elephants. It is also home to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Includes: Breakfast, Dinner The Sheldrick Orphanage adopts baby elephants Wi-fi, Swimming Pool who have lost their mothers to poaching. These Private guide & private vehicle

888.658.7102 DAYS 3 & 4 TAWI LODGE | AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

ELEPHANT WALK

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Elephants, Buffalo, Wildlife viewing DAYS 3 & 4 Crocodiles, Gazelles, Hiking Giraffes, Hippos, Hyenas, Cultural exchange Jackals, Lions, Mongoose, Ostrich, Warthog, Tawi Lodge Wildebeest, Zebras Amboseli National Park ©Tawi Lodge/New African Territories Lodge/New ©Tawi Elephants celebrate birth, have lifelong friendships, and mourn the death of family members.

Depart for small yet spectacular Amboseli National understand the complex communication and social Park in southern Kenya, known for its elephants. Meet networks within elephant families. With park and learn about these intelligent and sentient elephants, researchers, tourists and support of the local Maasai and view a variety of wildlife in the park’s plains, acacia people, Amboseli’s elephant population is one of the rare woodland, savannas, marshes and lake swamps. few that has lived relatively undisturbed. The population has slowly increased since the late 1970s. Visit the Moss Research Station, where Cynthia Moss, author of Echo of Elephants, and her Amboseli Elephant Tawi Lodge, on a 6,000 acre private conservancy run Research Project (AERP) team have spent more than in conjunction with the African Wildlife Foundation, 40 years studying some 1,500 elephants in 50 families. offers incredible views of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Through research, training, community outreach and public awareness, AERP works to ensure the long-term Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner conservation and welfare of Africa’s elephants, and to Swimming Pool, Private guide & private vehicle

888.658.7102 DAYS 5 & 6 ITHUMBA CAMP | TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK

ELEPHANT WALK

Wildlife viewing Activities included Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close

Elephants, Buffalo, Cheetah, Wildlife viewing Crocodiles, Gerenuk, David Sheldrick Giraffes, Hippos, Hyenas, Wildlife Trust elephant Kudu, Lions, Ostrich, orphanage visit Waterbuck, Zebras

DAYS 5 & 6 Ithumba Camp Tsavo East National Park ©Ithumba Banda/David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Wildlife Sheldrick Banda/David ©Ithumba

Depart for Tsavo East National Park to stay in The following visitation times act as a guideline: Sheldrick’s Ithumba compound. Accommodations are 6am - 8am: at the stockades simple and elephants are close. Learn more about the 11am - 1pm: at the midday mud-bath reintroduction program—many elephants have gone 4pm - 6pm: at the stockades on to join wild herds in the area. Young elephants that Tsavo East is one of the world’s biodiversity strongholds aren’t yet ready to rejoin the wild stay with their keepers and provides great wildlife viewing, tracking and here. Greet the young elephants as they return to the birdwatching in bush grasslands, open plains, acacia stockades to sleep. scrub and woodland ecosystems. The seasonal Tiva The stockades are a short drive from camp. Fostering River, fringed by beautiful trees and flowing only during one of Sheldrick’s elephants includes the opportunity rainfall further upstream, is a must-see, as is Lesalau to visit and spend as much time with the orphans as Dam, Ithumba’s seasonal dam. desired. Their schedule varies daily. Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Private guide & private vehicle

888.658.7102 DAY 7 & 8 SATAO CAMP | TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK

ELEPHANT WALK

Wildlife viewing Activities included Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close

Elephants, Buffalo, Cheetah, Wildlife viewing Crocodiles, Gerenuk, Giraffes, Hippos, Hyenas, Kudu, Lions, Ostrich, Waterbuck, Zebras

DAYS 7 & 8 Satao Camp Tsavo East National Park ©Duncan Willetts/Satao Camp/Out Of Africa Collection Camp/Out Willetts/Satao ©Duncan

Satao Camp provides delicious food, quality service females and bullied by other males. But here, maneless and is one of the best places to view passing elephants lions exist in all resident prides and this does not put from the comfort of camp. View the wild herds roaming the lions at a disadvantage. Requiring less water to cool freely throughout Tsavo here and watch the close bonds themselves, they can travel longer and farther in search between the family members. of females and prey. Tsavo prides are made up of single males with 4 to 10 adult females each, larger than the The southern area of the park provides an opportunity Serengeti’s prides. to see many other wildlife species, particularly the unique Tsavo lion, which neither look nor behave like Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner their Serengeti cousins. Adult males often lack a mane Private guide & private vehicle which would normally cause them to be shunned by

888.658.7102 DAY 9 OLE SERENI | NAIROBI & INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

After breakfast, depart with a picnic lunch to the bush Flight #1 (Day 9) airstrip in Tsavo West National Park for your flight back to Nairobi. Stop by Mzima Springs—a series of Departs | Nairobi, Kenya four natural springs hosting populations of hippos, Arrives | TBD crocodiles and a variety of fish species.

A Deeper Africa driver awaits you at Wilson Airport to Flight #2 (Day 10) transfer you to Ole Sereni where you have a day room. Departs | TBD In the evening, your driver will see you safely to Jomo Arrives | TBD Kenyatta Airport for your international departure.

Includes: Breakfast Swimming Pool, Wi-fi Private guide & private vehicle

888.658.7102 INCLUSIONS, PRICING & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

2020 Pricing $6,450 - $9,000

2020 Custom Pricing & Departures

Jan - June, Nov - Dec 15 July - Oct, Dec 16-31 • 6 guests: $6,450 USD per person • 6 guests: $6,900 USD per person • 4 guests: $6,800 USD per person • 4 guests: $7,200 USD per person • 2 guests: $8,600 USD per person • 2 guests: $9,000 USD per person • Single supplement: $300 USD • Single supplement: $400 USD

All pricing is in US dollars. Arrivals and departures are through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Prices do not include international airfare. All itineraries and prices are subject to change.

Elephant Walk Classic safari includes • Start-to-finish safari expertise • Enrollment with Flying Doctors Evacuation Service • Accommodations in all lodges & tented camps • All in-country transportation • All meals as stated in itinerary • Laundry at some camps and lodges • Wildlife viewing with private guide in private 4x4 • Alcohol and beverages at some camps and lodges safari Land Cruiser • Safe drinking water available at all times • Visit to Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, visit to elephant • Beverages in your 4x4 safari vehicle research camp • Extensive pre-departure briefing and materials • All park and entrance fees including health information, reading list and map

International airfare and gratuities not included. Certain brands of alcohol and beverages not included in some camps.

We plan your adventures in areas where wildlife habitats are known to exist for the season and time you’re traveling. Still, animals are not in a zoo. They run freely and we cannot always anticipate their movements.

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