Elite Traveler March-April 2018

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elite traveler MAR/APR 2018

Expert education TANZANIA, MADAGASCAR, SOUTH AFRICA, BOTSWANA, NAMIBIA, RWANDA Aboard a customized Boeing 757 with 49 flat-bed seats, accompanied by world-renowned experts that only National Geographic could bring together, visit six countries and a staggering number of sites on this luxurious 19-day trip. One of the few safaris that departs from Europe (round-trip from Lisbon), the Africa by Private Jet tour operated by TCS World Travel, ensures not a minute is wasted during your journey. Begin with one of our Top 50 Adventures (p56), meeting anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Louise Leakey at the Ngorongoro Crater, and learn about the important fossils that her family of three generations of anthropologists has discovered. Next you’ll travel to Madagascar — a rare stop on an African safari — famed for its 60 types of wide- eyed lemurs and large number of endemic species. Explore the rain forests or nature reserves, or snorkel in the Indian Ocean. In South Africa, visit Cape Town, wildlife preserves, the Cape Winelands, Johannesburg and the Cradle of Humankind with Lee Berger, who discovered two new species of human ancestors at Rising Star cave. See whale skeletons, countless shipwrecks, charming Cape fur seals and the iconic red sand dunes in a low-flying tour along Namibia’s Skeleton Coast. In Botswana, take a water safari in the Okavango Delta, where you might even spot lions swimming. Finally, in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, track mountain gorillas in the same place esteemed primatologist Dian Fossey studied them, providing the basis for her renowned book, Gorillas in the Mist . As a limited trip, this itinerary has two date options in 2018: from August 15 to September 2, or from December 27 to January 14, 2019. From $85,950 per person for 19 days, based on double occupancy. Contact +1 800 224 1894, natgeoexpeditions.com

Photos IPGGutenberg UK Ltd, David Fettes Photography, TCS World Travel, Masai Wilderness Trust