<p> OSHER@Dartmouth STUDY/TRAVEL TRIP</p><p>NAMIBIA: A Conservation, Culture, & Wildlife Safari A Unique Study/Travel safari experience arranged through Grass Track Safaris and Ultimate Safaris</p><p>Informational Meeting Thursday, October 22, 2015 @ DOC House 4:30 PM</p><p>Namibia is a vast country, even by African standards, covering an area approximately twice the size of California, but with a population of a mere 2 million – the second lowest density in the world giving an amazingly ‘soulful’ feeling of peace and solitude. </p><p>Namibia is also a diverse country, rich in culture, wildlife, and dramatic desert scenery. Over the past few decades Namibia has risen to the forefront of African wildlife conservation. Their conservancy program, where local people are allowed to benefit from the wildlife, has become a rare success story.</p><p>On this OSHER safari you will be taken on a journey of discovery through some of the world’s most beautiful wild places, encountering wildlife spectacles and engaging with age-old authentic cultures while receiving detailed interpretation by our highly trained naturalist guides. Being native to Namibia, our guides are welcomed as friends or family everywhere they go, thus ensuring an authentic and life enriching journey and giving you an experience of this magnificent and memorable country in a very personal way. </p><p>We’ll travel the country in specialized safari vehicles and stay in comfortable lodges. Along the way you’ll learn about important wildlife conservation work, track desert rhinos with game rangers, visit a Himba settlement, kayak with dolphins, and experience the vast dune sea of the Namib.</p><p>Dates: May 11 - 22, 2016 Number of participants: Maximum of 6, minimum of 3 Registration deadline: December 9, 2015 Cost: $6250/person (estimated total cost; see below for detailed cost estimates)</p><p>TRIP HIGHLIGHTS</p><p>· Travel with one of Namibia’s most well-known naturalist guides. · Visit the world renowned AfriCat Foundation and have close encounters with some of Africa’s large cats. · Embark on exciting game drives within the Etosha National Park. · Game viewing at a floodlit waterhole at night. · Visit an authentic and remote Himba settlement. · Stay at Namibia’s only wholly owned conservancy lodge (Grootberg Lodge). · Track the endangered desert-adapted black rhino. · Search for desert-adapted elephants. · Embark on a marine kayak on the Atlantic Ocean and enjoy close encounters with seals, dolphins, marine birds and possibly even whales. · Climb some of the world’s highest free-standing sand dunes, based from inside the National Park.</p><p>ITINERARY IN BRIEF</p><p>May 11 Arrive Windhoek, Galton House May 12 Okonjima Bush Camp, AfriCat Foundation May 13-14 Andersson’s Camp, southern boundary of Etosha May 15-16 Grootberg Lodge, Damaraland May 17 Damaraland Camp, Twyfelfontein area May 18-19 Swakopmund Guesthouse, Swakopmund May 20-21 Desert Homestead Lodge, Sossusvlei Area May 22 Depart Sossusvlei Area, return to Windhoek</p><p>Total estimated cost, including airfare: $6250.00 per person sharing. Does include an estimate of accommodations/meals at beginning and end of trip, airport tax/visa costs, but does not include optional activities and purchases. Additional cost for single supplement. Price will change if fewer than 6 members sign up.</p><p>For more information, visit: http://www.grasstracksafaris.com/osher-namibia-program email Dan Hopkins: [email protected]</p>