Journey to Southern Africa
Explore South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe: wildlife safaris, vibrant culture, and the Rovos Rail.
Explore South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe: wildlife safaris, vibrant culture, and the Rovos Rail.
Day 1: Depart U.S. for Cape Town, South Africa
Day 2: Cape Town
Day 3: Cape Town | Cape Point
Day 4: Robben Island | Cape Town
Day 5: Skukuza | Kruger National Park
Day 6: Kruger National Park
Day 7: Kruger National Park
Day 8: Kruger | Johannesburg | Soweto
Day 9: Pretoria | Rovos Rail | Zimbabwe
Day 10: Zimbabwe
Day 11: Zimbabwe | Hwange National Park
Day 12: Victoria Falls
Day 13: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Day 14: Depart for U.S.
I teach courses for first-year and graduate students and have served as the director of the Residential College for the past six years; that term ends before the trip to Southern Africa begins, but I will continue as a faculty member there. My research interests are mammal ecology and biogeography, the global food system, and the fossil record of mammal ecology. I have conducted field work in rural Pakistan, Kenya, China, and the Mojave Desert.
This part of the world has some unique and extraordinary biodiversity, and I look forward to exploring it with the travelers on this trip. Also, there is world-changing human history, from early human evolution to the apartheid struggles in South Africa.
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