San Diego Rotary Africa Trip 2019 Itinerary Contact: Roger Haines 858-726-5505 [email protected]

Our 2019 Rotary Africa trip has four parts from which to choose:

1. Safari in Tanzania

Date Event April 18-23, 2019 Six-day Tanzanian Wildlife Encounters Safari with Easy Travel & Tours in Tanzania Click here for details, including cost, in this attachment.

2. Rotary District 9211 Conference in Dar-Es-Salaam. Tanzania

Date Event April 24, 2019 (Wed) Arrive in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania April 24-27 (Wed-Sat) Attend Rotary District 9211 Conference (the District includes and Tanzania)

Location: Julius Nyrere International Convention Center. Registration before March 1 is $260, and after March 1, it is $300. https://rotaryd9211.org/stories/register-for- the-94th-district-conference-assembly.

Hotel registration is available as part of the Conference registration. Roger and Walter will stay at the 4 star Ramada Encore for $158/night double occupancy. See photo →

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← Also available is the 5-star Serena Hotel for $238/night double occupancy.

These are the closest hotels to the Convention Center (4-6 blocks).

3. Visit to Rotary Hospital Project in Atiak, Uganda

Date Event April 28, 2019 (Sunday) Fly to , Uganda on Kenya Airways at 8:45 a.m. Arrive 12:45 p.m. One-way cost: $264/person.

April 28 (Sunday) Overnight at Protea Hotel in Entebbe (4 stars) on Lake Victoria $215/night double occupancy. ↓ https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ebben- protea-hotel-entebbe/?scid=bb1a189a-fec3-4d19- a255-54ba596febe2.

April 29 (Monday) Depart Hotel at 6 am for 8 am flight to , Uganda on Eagle Air. Round trip cost is $400 per person. Notify Roger Haines (858) 736-5505 to be included.

April 29-May 2 (Mon-Wed) Check-into Churchill Courts Hotel, 16b Upper Churchill Road in Gulu. Tel: +256 777 764 409. Rate: $70/night. Notify Roger Haines (858) 736-5505 to be included.

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April 29-30 (Mon-Tues). Our group will travel by van to visit the Rotary hospital project in Atiak, Uganda and other points of interest.

Ataik hospital under construction May 1 (Wed) One-day safari to Murchison Falls National Park with Gulu Tours. http://www.gulutours.com/index.html. Cost: $198/person. Notify Roger Haines, 858-736-5505, to be included:

Depart Gulu at 5.30am after an early morning cup of tea/coffee start the day with a two-hour drive to Murchison Falls National Park. We access the park via the northern gate that is Tanga Gate. The game drive then begins as soon as we enter this gate, On the drive you may see different animals unique to the African Savannah vegetation. These include lions, leopards, giraffes, antelopes, elephants, and many warthogs. Go to the lodge for lunch and later take a launch cruise on the Nile River. The cruise which takes you to the bottom of the thundering falls involve a scenic view of schools of hippos, huge crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants and a variety of water birds such as the rare shoebill, cormorants, ducks, bee-eaters, skimmers, fish eagle, kingfishers and herons. After the boat safari we head back to Gulu.

May 2, 2019 (Thu) 8 a.m. Return flight on Eagle Air from Gulu to Entebbe, Uganda.

4. Rotary District Confereence 9212 Confernce in Mombasa, Kenya

Date Event May 2, 2019 (Thu) Depart Entebbe at 1:25 pm. on Kenya Airways to Mombasa, Kenya. One-way cost: $439/person.

May 2-4, 2019 (Thu-Sat) Attend Rotary District 9212 Conference [Kenya, Ethiopia, , Eritrea]. Registration: $240/person Location: PrideInn Hotel and Conference Center, Mombasa, Kenya https://www.prideinn.co.ke/# Phone: +254 709 532000. Hotel Rate: $226/night double occupancy.

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Photos of PrideInn Hotel Conference Center in Mombasa, on the Indian Ocean.

Travelers will make their own arrangements for travel from the U.S to Africa, and their own reservations for the Rotary Conferences in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Mombasa, Kenya. For questions about the six-day Tanzania Safari, contact Camille Newbern, (323) 855-4343, [email protected]. To be included in the Uganda Rotary Hospital trip, contact Roger Haines, (858) 736-5505 [email protected]. We look forward to traveling with you!

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