1. SAFARI – A Sojourn Travel Thursday Series Alinuru (Alin) Yasin

2. What Does “Safari” Evoke? The importance of Safaris How to use the word Safari Best used with…. If you wish, if you plan… 2 Source: National Geographic Picture of the Day – Cheetah in the Maasai Mara, Kenya.

3. Safari Background 18 th - 19 th Century Livingstone Stanley Burton Cecil Rhodes Traders Cattle herders 20 th – 21 st Century President Theodore Roosevelt President Jimmy Carter President William “Bill” Clinton President Barack Obama Prince William, Duke of Cambridge You, me, us, and families 3 Source: Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa: The white man’s conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912, 1993.

4. Types of Safaris Vehicle Northern Tanzania: Serengeti National Park is one drive only park. Boat Selous Game Reserve, equivalent to the land area of Switzerland, has access by river, air, and vehicle. Boat safaris are most popular. Walking Southern Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve allow walking safaris with escorted armed rangers. Know your destination 4

5. Plan Your Safari A Trip of a Lifetime 5 Source: National Geographic Picture of the Day – Leopard and Cheetah Skirmish in Botswana.

6. Safari Guides Personable Knowledgeable Experienced Charismatic 6 Source: Griffin, Disney‘s Animal Kingdom, Kilimanjaro Safari, 2000.

7. African Odyssey Video - 30 Minutes Key Words Tanzania Dar es Salaam Askari Monument Ifakara Selous Game Reserve Elephants Udzungwa “Blue” Mountains Meaning East African nation Largest city German African soldier Intermittent phone service You saw me on the boat Up close and personal Unique climate 7

8. Plan, Plan, Plan, and Go Where do you desire to go? 8 Source: National Geographic Picture of the Day – Elephant in Malawi’s Liwonde National Park.

9. 9 How long? Two weeks’ travel time helps: Jet lag Acclimatization Relaxation Immersion

10. Sample Safari Outfitters Abercombie & Kent, Ltd Explorers International The New York Times Adventure Group National Geographic Adventures South African Airways Vacations 10

11. Destination Examples Tanzania – Serengeti National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar Kenya – Maasai Mara National Park Botswana – Okavango Delta South Africa – Kruger National Park 11

12. Imagine a World Without Safaris 12 Questions? Source: National Geographic Picture of the Day – Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

13. References 13 African Odyssey Video (1996). Tanzania Safari presentation. Carson, M. (2001). Photograph at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Brett Adamson and Alinuru Yasin. National Geographic – Picture of the Day. Reviewed daily from http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/?source=NavPhoPOD http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/?source=NavPhoPOD Parkenham, T. (1992). The scramble for Africa: The white man’s conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912. New York: Avon Books.