2012 Safari to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania - July, August 2012

It is has been a long time since I have updated this blog.  I have been to East Africa four times since creating this blog.  Each of my trips has been successful photographically and culturally.  I have taken about 150 adults, teenagers and families to to Kenya and Tanzania over the past four years.  I have now led 15 safaris to East Africa. 

Next summer I am going to lead a special trip to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.  First, we are going to visit the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia and photograph the vanishing cultures of the Omo.  Then we will fly to Northern Kenya and journey to Samburu game reserve to photography elephants, leopards, lions, Grevy Zebras, and the Samburu people.  We will then drive to central Kenya to Lake Nakuru National Park to photograph the 1.5 million flamingos who reside in this Rift Valley lake.  We will also photograph rhinos, lions and the amazing bird life of Nakuru, including several species of African eagles.  From Nakuru we will drive to the Masai Mara to experience the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth - the "Great Migration" where over 2 million wildebeests, zebras, gazelles and topis journey from the Serengeti Plains in Tanzania to the Mara in southern Kenya.  During the height of the migration the animals have to swim the treacherous Mara River braving the Nile crocodiles who live in the murky depths of the river.  Then we will travel on to Amboseli national game reserve which lies on the border of Kenya and Tanzania to photograph one of the last great herds of elephants on the planet.  We will also be at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest and most majestic mountain in all of Africa.  At the very end the trip we will fly to the magical island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean.  This chain of islands used to be called the "Spice Islands" and the beaches and native villages have not changed in 500 years.  The water is the color of emeralds and clouds and the beaches are so white that without dark glasses one can go sun blind. 

It will be the trip of a life time.  People can elect to do the entire trip or decide to omit the Ethiopian portion at the beginning of the trip or not participate on the sojourns to Amboseli and Zanzibar.  The trip is scheduled from approximately July 20, 2012 through August 8, 2012.

I can't wait.  Anyone interested should email me or leave a comment attached to this blog.  Most of the participants will be professional people and their families from Southern California.