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TANZANIA TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Exclusive Online Special!
AIR & LAND PACKAGE!
Interactive Education Program & Tanzania Safari Highlights |
| LOCATION:
Tanzania |
| DAYS:
18
Days |
| FITNESS
LEVEL: Easy |
| HIGHLIGHTS:
Assist teachers at Local Tanzanian Schools
* Visits to Masaai Schools * 7 Day Wildlife Safari
* Round-Trip International Airfare * Limited Group
Size * Accomodations & Meal as Listed * 4x4
Deluxe Safari Vans * Guaranteed Window Seats *
Complete Pre-Tour Documentation * Safari Bag &
Tags * Transfers to & from Airport Included
* All Entrance Fees Included * Bottled Water On
Safari * Flying Doctor's Insurance * Board at
Host Family Home ALL AIRFARE INCLUDED |
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"I had an amazing time in Africa! Working in
the school was quite an eye opening experience.
We are so privileged in the US and it's important
to learn about other cultures and how they
live. I would definitely recommend a teachers
safari to other teachers/educators who are
interested"
Colleen Dobbin, Principal, Manor Elementary
School
Ross Valley School District, CA |
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Package
Price | Contact Born Free |
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SAMPLE ITINERARY
TANZANIA
Day 1 - Depart U.S.A.
Your adventure begins today as you board your flight from Detroit,
MI, or another U.S. city, to Amsterdam.
Day 2-
Amsterdam/Arusha, Tanzania
Arrive Amsterdam and connect with your scheduled flight to Mt.
Kilimanjaro International Airport. Upon arrival you will be met
and driven to your lodge. This evening is at your leisure to relax
and unwind from your international flight.
Moivaro Coffee Plantation
Day 3-4 - Arusha/Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you depart for Tarangire National Park. Here
you will spend two days exploring the park.
Tarangire National Park is the most Southern of the
accessible parks of northern Tanzania. Named after River Tarangire,
the park covers an area of 2,600 sq.km. Much of the park is open
grassy savannah, dotted with splendid specimens of Baobab trees, but
there are also areas of swamp in the south. The park is also
spectacular in dry season when many of the migratory wildlife
species come back to the permanent waters of the river until the
onset of the rains when they migrate again for better pastures. This
animal phenomenon takes place from June to September.
Your
days here will be spent on morning game drives, afternoon siestas
and late afternoon game drives. During the dry season this park
becomes the gathering spot for many animals due to the Tarangire
River being the only permanent water source in the near area. As
many as 6,000 elephants can inhabit this park at any given
time.
Your
nights here will be spent at a deluxe lodge nestled into the wooded
hillside valley overlooking Tarangire Hill.
Tarangire Sopa
Lodge (BLD)
Day 5 - Tarangire/Ngorongoro Crater
Today you travel on to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Along the
way, you'll stop for a visit in the village of Mto wa Mbu - a bustling
market village - have lunch and a hike at Gibbs Farm before continuing
on to the Crater.
It's a
magnificent drive up to the crater through different eco systems.
Take a light sweater, as it can get cool as you climb high above the
forest to the rim of the crater.
The park
is located between the Serengeti and Lake Manyara. It is home to the
famous volcanic Ngorongoro crater, which is the largest unbroken
caldera in the world. The crater (610 meters deep and 260 km
squared) is a microcosm of East African scenery and game and is
usually visited on the way back from the Serengeti to Arusha. Scenic
grandeur and stunning views are the hallmark of this wonder of the
world.
Spread
out along the upper-most rim of the Ngorongoro World Heritage Site,
your lodge offers breathtaking views of the crater floor far below.
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (BLD)
Day 6 - Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast you will descend onto the floor of the Ngorongoro
Crater for a full day game viewing with picnic lunches. This vast
caldera, covering 260 square miles supports a year round resident
population of over 20,000 animals in an eco-system of grassland,
swamp, lakes and woodland. This is the best area in Tanzania to
see the rare black rhino.
As the
day comes to an end, we'll return to the lodge for dinner and
overnight.
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (BLD)
Day 7 - Ngorongoro Crater/Serengeti
Depart this morning for the Serengeti. Along the way stop at Ol'duvai
Gorge for a short lecture and visit to the small but interesting
Leakey's museum. This is the spot where Richard and Mary Leakey
discovered Nutcracker Man. A picnic will be enjoyed at Naabi Gate,
the entrance to the Serengeti National Park. You'll game drive the
remainder of the day and end for dinner and our overnight at your
lodge centrally located within the park.
Seronera Sopa Lodge (BLD)
Day 8 - Serengeti
Today you will have a full day game driving within different areas
of the Serengeti.
This is
the most popular and spectacular of all the game parks in East
Africa. In the local vernacular it means "The Endless Plains that
go-up to the Sky". It covers a huge area of 14765sq. km. It was
proclaimed a reserve as far back as 1929, but it was mainly due to
the efforts of Prof. Bernard Grzimek and his son Michael that the
importance of the whole area was appreciated and declared a National
Park, as we know it today.
Life in
the Park centers on the Wildebeest herds. Each year, after the short
rains in November, the migration starts when the Wildebeest (Gnu)
and the Zebra gather in there thousands on the plains below the
Ngorongoro Highlands. During February they move North and West
following the rains and the fresh grasslands. The herds overlap into
the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. Come October they start back
through the Serengeti towards Lake Ndutu and Lagaja.
This
yearly phenomenon involves some 1.5 million animals. However, the
whole "process" affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of other
species who rely on the passage of the migratory herds for their
survival: predators, gazelles, bird life and lowly insects, not to
mention the grasses and trees that are fertilized by their
droppings.
After a
day on the Serengeti Plains return to your lodge for dinner and
overnight.
Serengeti Sopa Lodge (BLD)
Day 9 - Serengeti/Lake Manyara
After breakfast depart the Serengeti and travel to Lake Manyara
National Park. Have lunch at our lodge before proceeding down the
Rift Valley Escarpment to the park for an afternoon game drive.
Lake
Manyara is home to the famous tree-climbing lion - and if lucky,
they'll be close enough to the track to spot. While small in size,
Manyara is home to a wealth of bird and wildlife. Almost 2/3rds of
the park's area is the soda lake itself.
Lake Manyara Serena
Lodge (BLD)
Day 10-16 - Arusha/Education
This morning return to Arusha arriving in time for lunch. After
lunch, each teaching participant will be transferred and introduced
to the host family they'll be living with for the remainder of their
time in Tanzania.
Arusha Medium School
Teachers
will be given an English-speaking assistant teacher who will help
them with the daily school activities. Those who want to teach English
and various other subjects will be put in "English Medium Schools".
For those who want an even more adventurous experience can opt for
teaching at a local Maasai school.
During
your weeklong stay we will have the opportunity to go out into the
bush to observe the differences between "city" and "rural" schools.
A classroom is anywhere you find it.
Rural Maasai School
On
the weekends we'll bring everyone back together for a luncheon at
Moivaro Lodge. It will give all the opportunity to compare notes,
relax, swim and just enjoy an afternoon together.
Day
17 - Arusha/Amsterdam
Today we meet as a group for
the last time. There will be an early farewell dinner prior to being
transferred to Mt. Kilimanjaro International Airport for your
flights home.
Day 18 - Amsterdam/U.S.A.
Arrive in
Amsterdam this morning and connect on your flight back to the
U.S.A.
Note: While the host families are eager to accommodate we
recommend a $100 donation to help defray the cost of food and
transportation while in their homes. This, like any tipping, is at
your discretion.
Homes
in this part of Africa are small and fairly basic compared to what
you are used to, yet spotlessly clean. Most are cinderblock style
with stucco covering. Some cooking is done outdoors barbeque
style.
How
about extending your stay in Africa with a breathtaking exotic retreat
to one of our Jewels Of The Indian Ocean? How about adding a Gorilla Trek through the Uganda rain forests to discover the wonders and brilliance of the
elusive mountain gorillas, up close and very personal? They are both perfect extensions to any safari!
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