Safari Options
Explorer Safari Options (scroll down for Academic Options) :
Our very popular Explorer Program takes place every year in February/March and March/April. It is the trip of a lifetime at a low daily rate. Options for 2011 are listed below. Sign up early to reserve your place.
Explorer Option 1 –The “Best of East Africa” [open to anyone]
Feb. 17/18/19 - Nairobi & Limuru, Kenya and local trips
Feb. 20/21 - Camp in Njoro in the Great Rift Valley. Game viewing in Nakuru National Park. The best site to see rhinos!
February 22 – Nairobi & Limuru, Kenya and local trips.
Feb. 23/24/25/26 -Camping safari in Samburu and Buffalo Springs Park. Great wildlife viewing with dry savanna species as well as elephants, buffalo and the big cats!
Feb. 26/27 - Nairobi & Limuru, Kenya and local trips
Feb. 28/1/2/3/4 - Camping safari in the amazing Masai Mara, the ultimate in game viewing, magnificent landscapes and home of the Maasai people.
March 4/5 – Return to Limuru and prepare to head to the coast
March 6 to 18 - South Coast of Kenya with sandy shores, warm water, historic Mombasa, scuba diving and more. Stay a few days or up to 12 days or even longer!
Explorer Option 2 - “Special Family Trip”- families and individuals welcome.
Individuals and/or families can arrive in Nairobi at any of the designated * points in the itinerary.
March 20/21/22* – Nairobi & Limuru, Kenya.
March 23/24/25 – Rift Valley. Camp on a Kenyan farm in Njoro, Game viewing at Nakuru Park, the best site to see rhinos, flamingoes, big cats and more!
March 25/26* – Return to Limuru, visit the Maasai market and other local sites
March 27* – Limuru. Prepare for safari trip.
March 28/29/30/31/Apr.1 – Safari camping in Masai Mara. Amazing landscapes and wildlife, home of the Maasai people.
April 1/2 – Limuru. Local sites.
April 3/4/5/6/7/8/9 - South Coast, Pinewoods Resort for sun, sand, beaches, historic Mombasa, shopping, scuba diving and instruction.
April 9 to 16 - North Coast, Watamu. A fantastic family stay at all inclusive Turtle Bay Beach resort with amazing swimming, snorkeling on protected coral gardens, great childrens programs, sports activities, evening performances and much more. Scuba diving available.
April 16 – return to Limuru
Email Brian or Cam for information on and booking Explorer program options.
Academic Safari Options for 2011
This is a semester long program including lectures, laboratory work and field exercises in East Africa. The Field School is designed to provide university credit courses while exposing students to the broad diversity of East African environments, wildlife, peoples and cultures. Students in the Field School will enjoy small classes, direct contact with professors and the excitement of site visits in areas of active faculty research.
Students will arrive in Nairobi in January and will be picked up by our passenger trucks and driven to our large compound located on a tea plantation near Limuru, Kenya. At the compound, students will meet our Kenyan staff and will be given talks on cultural differences and respect, travel, safety and security, basic Swahili, and camping procedures. The academic program will be introduced and courses started. Students will also have a chance to purchase field guides to birds and mammals of East Africa if they want.
The Field School will then travel across the Rift Valley into western Kenya where we will camp at the Kip Keino training facility for Kenyan Olympic runners. We will then cross the border into southern Uganda making our way to Kampala for registration and orientation at Makerere University.
REGULAR PROGRAM [January 14 to March 24]
Note: Students taking the regular program must arrive in Nairobi by January 14.
Courses Available in the Regular Program 2011:
Peoples and Cultures of East Africa (HIS 3151)
Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of East Africa (BOT 3250)
International Sustainable Development (DES2151)
Animal Behavior (ZOO 3251)
Marine Biology (ZOO 3500)
Independent Studies (CRS 3304)
The Regular Academic program involves safari travel throughout southern Uganda and Kenya and includes the Explorer program option 1 itinerary as well as the coastal portion.
INLAND PROGRAM [January 14 to March 5]
The inland portion of the safari can be taken without the coastal/diving portion.
Courses available for the Inland Program are the same as the Regular program without Marine Biology and SCUBA instruction.
COAST PROGRAM [March 6 to March 24]
The coastal part can be taken independently without participating in the complete regular program. This makes the program available to students who may just want to take either Marine Biology or our popular SCUBA diving program or both.
Courses/activities available in Coast program in 2011 (local site visits included):
(a) Marine Biology - credit course including lectures and labs/field exercises
(b) SCUBA diving program including Open Water, Adventure diving, and great extended diving experience.
March 6 to March 24 – Marine Biology (ZOO 3500)
March 6 to March 18 – Scuba Diving Program
For more information regarding the Academic Program, please email us.