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Our Mango Group trips represent our idea of what captures the essence of each region. If your schedule is flexible, we
encourage you to join one of our lively groups. These itineraries are good examples of how we successfully blend rustic
Africa, adventure and outrageous luxury. The result is a great value trip with a variety of African experiences.
Casey and/or Teresa will be on the Kenya & Zanzibar, Big Five and Tanzania safaris. Here is your chance to travel with us.
Your Mango escort handles all of the travel details, allowing you to relax and concentrate on the important stuff, like enjoying yourself.
We are excited to continue our photo workshops in 2005/6 in Kenya/Zanzibar, Ethiopia & Morocco. Join Michael Lewis on
tour to experience how a National Geographic photographer works in the field. These tours are designed for anyone with an interest
in photography, regardless of skill level or equipment, intrigued by taking a unique journey with documentary ambition. Michael S.
Lewis has been a featured photographer in the National Geographic Society’s documentary AFRICA, as well as A Day In The
Life Of Africa.
Kenya & Zanzibar
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This 14-day safari is fabulous as it combines the famous game areas of Kenya and relaxing days on the white sand beaches of Zanzibar. Visit Kenya's northern highlands, the rugged and savagely beautiful Samburu National Park and the Maasai Mara of one of the world's most sought after game reserves.
Spend your next five days on the spice island of Zanzibar. You can explore and photograph the harbor, mosques and winding cobblestone streets and then head to the north tip of the island and relax on the softest beaches on the island. Best of all, Zanzibar is home to over 20 different types of Mangos!
Uganda
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Our trips to Uganda are always great fun. We see it all – hundreds of species of birds, the mountain gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the baby lions and Ugandan Kob at Queen Elizabeth National Park and the chimps at Ngamba Island.
We have excellent visits with local Ugandans to get close to these friendly people. We visit a local secondary school. We stop in the village of our guide, Medi, to visit his mother and his extended family. We are always awe struck by the performance given by a local orphanage. We bring a bag of soccer balls on the trip to give out as we travel.
The Big Five
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In 12 days, you will explore the best of Victoria Falls and Botswana. Victoria Falls is a site that no visitor to Southern Africa should miss. Local tribes people describe it as 'mosi o tunya' or the smoke that thunders. Crossing into Botswana, you will stay in rustic chalets on the banks of the Chobe River, where you are sure to see yawning hippos, majestic lions and families of elephants on morning game drives and a sunset boat cruise.
Game spotting flights take you into the Savute channel famous for its wild dog and lion populations. Night game drives open up a nocturnal world. Aerial charters into the Okavango Delta expose the elaborate system of waterways that make up this vast wetland delta. Continuing into the Moremi Game Reserve you enjoy unparalleled wildlife concentrations and interaction during this season. You will have to tear yourself away from the pool watching the hippos play in the river to go on afternoon game drives looking for prides of lion and large herds of buffalo.
Namibia
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Explore the vast uniqueness of Namibia while donating your time to save one of Africa’s most endangered animals, the cheetah. You will spend 5 full days working for the Cheetah Conservation Fund in their conservation efforts. This project researches and helps to educate people about the modern day conservation of cheetahs in their natural environment. Your time could be spent working on the farm, building fences for the new black rhino enclosure or conducting wildlife counts at local watering holes.
Continuing to Etosha National Park, you have 2 days to go on game drives through this famous saltpan. Animals are drawn in to drink at the permanent watering holes. This park offers daily sightings of oryx, black rhino and elephant families playing in mud baths.
Enjoy the San rock paintings at Twefelfontein, taste fresh calamari in the beach town of Swakopmund and witness the brilliant melon rays of sunrise at the dunes of Sossusvlei in the Namib desert.
Discover Ethiopia
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An 11-Day tour takes you through the historical route of Ethiopia, the only country in Africa to escape colonization. You will visit many of the country's religious sites, most notably the UNESCO World Heritage town of Lalibela. Eleven churches carved from solid rock in the 12th century hold valuable artistic and religious treasures. You will also visit Bahir-Dar on the shores of Lake Tana, the Blue Nile Falls, the castles and palaces of Gondar and Axum, the home of Queen of Sheba and the magnificent pillars left from the church built in the 4th century.
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