Orient-Express Safaris’ luxury tented safari lodges Khwai River Lodge, Eagle Island Camp and Savute Elephant Camp in Botswana now offer guests the use of high-level telescopes to view the night sky. Four of the larger moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, scores of galaxies and innumerable other objects are among the spectacles to see.
10-day hotel/lodge/tented camp safari in KENYA with education for children by Intrepid’s Adventurer Club. Departures through Dec. 18, ’04.
In the article about Kenya and Tanzania in the April ’04 edition, the author mentioned that she thought the tree-climbing lions of Tanzania were “somewhat of a fantasy.” I have a picture from a September ’02 visit to the Ngorongoro Crater to prove her otherwise.
Sri Lanka is an often forgotten but absolutely fascinating travel destination. A friend and I were most fortunate to travel there for 10 days in April ’03 with Ceylon Tours, Ltd. (8A Sir Ernest de Silva Ave., Colombo 07, Sri Lanka; phone +94-75-531611, e-mail info@ceylontours.com).
by Robert Powell Sangster; Memphis, TN
12-day / 10-night wildlife safari in SOUTH AFRICA and ZAMBIA. Highlights: In South Africa, Cape Town / 200 species, including the Big Five, at Sabi Sand Game Reserve / Shangan cultural village / in Zambia, Victoria Falls / canoe on the Zambezi River / floating candlelit dinner / Simonga village visit / elephants, leopards and buffaloes in Lower Zambezi National Park. Land and internal air, from $8,690. Single supp., from $1,500. Rothschild Safaris (Denver, CO; 800/405-9463).
by Judith Anshin, Contributing Editor (Second of two parts)
by Mairlyn Lutzker, Sunnyside, NY
Time does not change the ocean currents, and since its discovery, the Drake Passage, a turbulent body of water connecting the tip of Argentina to the waters off Antarctica, has been giving ships and their passengers a hard time.
13 days/12 nights. Highlights: Windhoek city tour/encounter cheetahs, leopards at AfriCat Foundation/Etosha National Park, home to lions, elephants, giraffes, ostriches/visit a Himba settlement/Desert Rhino Camp/Twyfelfontein rock engravings/cruise to see Cape fur seals, dolphins, birds in Swakopmund/world’s highest dunes. Land, $8,450. Single supp., $1,000. EverGreen Escapes (Seattle, WA; 866/203-7603).
At Baird Bay in South Australia, you can swim with sea lions in their wild habitat.