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From NAPLES

to AFRICA

with Love

Part 3 of 3

By Tim Tetzlaff

A Family Legacy of
Conservation

rowing up as the son of zoo films and documentaries and the place it’s the real world. Always follow the
founders, my first safari was where I’m privileged to co-host safaris guidelines to stay safe.
Gscheduled in 1972 with my with long-time friends and colleagues. Next year, I’m offering two chartered
parents, known to most as Jungle Larry These journeys bring you into the flying safaris. In Kenya, I’ll be joined
and Safari Jane. But circumstances company of my friends, award-winning by Dr. Arthur Muneza, East Africa
kept me home while my father hosted scientists with long-term ties to Naples Coordinator for Giraffe Conservation
that trip, calling me from the rim of Zoo. It’s like having a TED Talk and a Foundation, starting at the iconic
Tanzania’s famed Ngorongoro Crater. nature documentary come to life, then Giraffe Manor and finishing in the
While my mother remains an avid sitting next to you for drinks at sundown Masai Mara. In Tanzania, Dr. Laly
conservationist, I lost my father in to share stories. Lichtenfeld, CEO of African People &
1984, so when I finally saw the Crater But these trips aren’t for everyone. Wildlife, and I will co-host our third
for myself years later, the view was My advice? Decide what you want from safari together, exploring the stunning
blurry with tears. It’s truly rewarding a safari. First-time travelers often want but little-known Mkomazi National
to now follow in his footsteps serving to see as much as possible; others prefer Park, then up to our rhino work in
as Director of Conservation for Naples to dig deep and savor one extraordinary Ngorongoro, and on to Serengeti’s
Zoo and leading our safaris. place. Most importantly, choose a wildebeest on the Tanzanian side of the
Though I didn’t set foot in Africa safari that truly fits you. If you’re a Mara River, before heading to Tarangire
until later in life, I’ve been making up photographer, book a trip designed for to see Laly’s team in action.
for lost time—now spending about patience and that perfect shot. And We meet ahead of time to answer
a month and a half each year on the remember, every safari is unique. If you all your questions and enjoy a
continent. East Africa, and especially fixate on one “must-see” experience, you wonderful reunion a few months
Tanzania, have always captured my can miss being awed at all that nature afterwards.
imagination. It’s the landscape of classic offers. And while safaris are magical,

If you’d like to learn more, email me at tim@napleszoo.org
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