In this Issue:
Outside Magazine Award
BEST TRIP TO AFRICA IN 2005
 Outside
Magazine (February 2005) selected our Maasai
Land Safari as the
''Best Africa Trip of the Year''. Our ''safari-with-a-conscience''
was chosen for being the first to combine remarkable game viewing
in the Maasai Mara, Amboseli National Park and the Kilimanjaro
Heartland, with meaningful interactive village visits with native
Maasai. The safari is organized in partnership with the Maasai
Environmental Resource Coalition. Join us on the best trip to Africa!
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the Maasailand Safari Itinerary
 BOTSWANA:
WALKING WITH ELEPHANTS
Our newest Botswana safari includes the ultimate and intimate wildlife
encounter: Walking with Elephants! Discover their world as you
tag along with Jabu, Thembi and Morula on their morning routine.
Feel the soles of their feet, the roughness of their skin, and
watch the muscles in their trunks as they trumpet.
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the Walking with Elephants Itinerary
 UGANDA:
GORILLA SAFARIS
The Pearl of Africa, Uganda is an Eden of wildlife sanctuaries
surrounded by fertile farmlands and local villages of gracious
people renowned for their warm hospitality. We trek with native
trackers into Bwindi National Park in search of the rare Mountain
Gorilla, a tough uphill hike through the bush, rewarded by an hour
of suspended time with a gorilla group of precocious youngsters
and intelligent, stately silverbacks in the wild.
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the Uganda Gorilla Safari Itinerary
 NAMIBIA:
NAMIBIA EXPLORER
Journey overland and by small aircraft on our newest and most comprehensive
nature and culture exploration of Namibia. Get a bird’s eye
view of the stunning landscape flying over the Namib Desert and
the shipwrecks claimed by the Skeleton Coast. Climb the dunes of
the Sossusvlei and safari in Etosha National Park. We stay in remote
luxury lodges and tented camps in private reserves where we see
uniquely adapted wildlife and meet a community of semi-nomadic
Himba people.
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the Namibia Explorer Itinerary
CNN/Money Spotlights Wildland Adventures
THE “ANTI-BEACH VACATION:
TRAVELS IN ANTHROPOLOGY”
 A
CNN feature story acknowledged Wildland Adventures for our more
meaningful travel experiences by virtue of the authentic cultural
encounters we create.
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the full story
Read the CNN spotlight on Wildland Adventures to:
Alaska Explorer
TO KNOW THE GREAT LAND INTIMATELY
 “...we
are here for a personal introduction to Alaska, The Great Land,
a place thousands travel to every year but a place few come to
know intimately.”
~ Steve Gorman
“In
Deep in the Great Land”
Through our network of charter boat captains like Brad
and Alex Von Wichman, bush pilots, wilderness guides, and back country lodges,
our Alaska
Wildland Adventures provide a truly in-depth and authentic
Alaskan experience. We explore Prince William Sound in a small
58-foot-long research vessel with sea kayaks, and travel via train,
mountain bikes, hiking and bush planes.
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our Alaska Explorer Itinerary
Go Deep into the Amazon Rainforest
MANU WILDLIFE CENTER AND THE
AMAZON RESOURCES CONSERVATION CENTER
 “...[Manu
Wildlife Center] offered what is, hands down, the most intense
wildlife experience I've had in Amazonia.”
~ Joe Kane, Conde
Nast Traveler Magazine review, December 2002
The deeper into the jungle you go, and the longer you stay, the
more you will experience the rainforest. We offer several routes
and itineraries into the best ecolodges in Manu and Tambopata.
The Manu
Wildlife Center is one of our most popular and is rated
tops by Conde Nast. But we recently discovered a new lodge in virgin
forest, virtually unknown to Americans, 8 hours up the Las Piedras
River: the Amazon
Resources Conservation Center. On our Amazon
expeditions, we explore in small paddle canoes on oxbow lakes,
hike through luxuriant rain forests, and ascend into the rain forest
canopy. We offer the best opportunities for observing tapirs, giant
river otters, monkeys, black caimans, possibly even a jaguar, and
more than 1,000 bird species including the highest concentrations
in the world of macaws and parrots.
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our Manu Wildlife Safari Itinerary
Earlier Registration Now Required
NEW REGULATIONS ON THE INCA
TRAIL
 New
regulations on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu restrict the
number of trekkers per day and require advance reservations by
name on a first come, first served basis. No matter how many
people trek each day, we get a jump ahead of the group by camping
the first night on the grounds of a small hacienda near the trailhead.
The following morning we start trekking before the train arrives
to disembark the next batch of trekkers.
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the Inca Trail Trek Plus Amazon Itinerary
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Whenever
we design a new Wildland Adventure we ask ourselves, “What
is the best possible experience we can create for active and inquisitive,
respectful and appreciative travelers?” Value is a consideration,
but price is less important than how we can maximize your valuable
vacation time to have the most fun, enlightening and meaningful
vacation in any Wildland destination.
