Page 35 - Life In Naples Magazine December 2014 Edition
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“ There is something about
safari life that makes you
forget all your sorrows
and feel as if you had
drunk half a bottle of
champagne — bubbling
over with heartfelt
gratitude for being alive.
–Karen Blixen ”
Out of Africa
for these trips. “An important component
of our mission is to increase appreciation
for wildlife and wild places. With this
in mind, we offer Zoo hosted trips to
Africa in partnership with Tauck World
Discovery and AAA Travel as a means
to provide a much more intimate and
immersive experience for small groups of
our members, donors, visitors and friends.
It’s impossible to return home and not be
a greater advocate for why it’s so important
to protect wildlife and wild places for our
children, our children’s children, and for
generations to come.”
MORE THAN NATURE
Having a wildlife career, I easily
gravitate to the animals and conservation
Lions surveying endless expanse of their Serengeti kingdom. Endless lines of wildebeest
following the rains. Herds of elephants casually plucking grasses. Cheetahs atop termite
mounds peering over the plains readying for the chase. Leopards camouflaged in the
leaves looking out from their treetop perches. Troops of baboons ambling through the
forests. Flocks of flamingos ringing alkaline lakes. Giraffes eating at thorny acacia trees.
Floating over the Maasai Mara in a hot air balloon. Hippos grunting as they spray water
above their river homes. Colobus monkeys leaping from branch to branch. And the
paradox of the snowy mountain peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya along
the equator.
These are now the lifelong memories of the travelers that Naples Zoo COO Doug
Rickenbach and I hosted on our safari to Kenya and Tanzania as well as the second
departure with Naples Zoo President & CEO Jack Mulvena. Jack shares his motivation
safari life that makes you
forget all your sorrows
and feel as if you had
drunk half a bottle of
champagne — bubbling
over with heartfelt
gratitude for being alive.
–Karen Blixen ”
Out of Africa
for these trips. “An important component
of our mission is to increase appreciation
for wildlife and wild places. With this
in mind, we offer Zoo hosted trips to
Africa in partnership with Tauck World
Discovery and AAA Travel as a means
to provide a much more intimate and
immersive experience for small groups of
our members, donors, visitors and friends.
It’s impossible to return home and not be
a greater advocate for why it’s so important
to protect wildlife and wild places for our
children, our children’s children, and for
generations to come.”
MORE THAN NATURE
Having a wildlife career, I easily
gravitate to the animals and conservation
Lions surveying endless expanse of their Serengeti kingdom. Endless lines of wildebeest
following the rains. Herds of elephants casually plucking grasses. Cheetahs atop termite
mounds peering over the plains readying for the chase. Leopards camouflaged in the
leaves looking out from their treetop perches. Troops of baboons ambling through the
forests. Flocks of flamingos ringing alkaline lakes. Giraffes eating at thorny acacia trees.
Floating over the Maasai Mara in a hot air balloon. Hippos grunting as they spray water
above their river homes. Colobus monkeys leaping from branch to branch. And the
paradox of the snowy mountain peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya along
the equator.
These are now the lifelong memories of the travelers that Naples Zoo COO Doug
Rickenbach and I hosted on our safari to Kenya and Tanzania as well as the second
departure with Naples Zoo President & CEO Jack Mulvena. Jack shares his motivation
