Join Woodland Park Zoo tour leaders Manager of Exhibits and

Interpretations, John Bierlein, and General Curator, Bruce Bohmke, for

this evening’s free slide-illustrated lecture, to learn more about the Safari

Royale to Tanzania and Kenya, which will take place March 2-17, 2000. The

lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24, at Woodland Park

Zoo ARC, N. 55th St. and Phinney Ave. N. Free parking is available in

the zoo’s West Gate parking lot.

You will journey to Tarangire National Park, home to vast herds

of wildlife year round, including large herds of elephants. Ornithologists

will delight also, as Tarangire is home to over 300 bird species.

At the Ngorongoro Crater, “Africa’s Garden of Eden,” you

will descend 2,000 feet by Land Rover to the floor of this magnificent

amphitheater to search for some of Africa’s black rhino, lion, and elephant. A

visit to the museum at Oldupai Gorge will offer you the opportunity to learn

more about the anthropological history and the geological features of the area.

In the Serengeti you will witness the annual migration, when the great

herds of wildebeest, 2 million strong, make the long trek across the Serengeti

in search of fertile grasslands.

The Samburu Game Reserve is home to wildlife not seen in other

parts of Kenya. Here you will find long-necked gerenuk, reticulated

giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, endangered Beisa oryx and the blue shanked Somali

ostrich. You will visit the research station of Save the Elephants, founded by

Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, to learn about the latest research on elephant

behavior. You will continue to Tsavo West National Park to join other friends

of the zoo and some of East Africa’s leading conservationists to celebrate

the zoo’s centennial.

For further information about the 16-day wildlife safari to Kenya,

call Judy Benvenuti at Woodland Park Zoo’s Wildlife Adventures Travel

Programs office at (206) 233-2509 or vist the zoo’s Web site at www.zoo.org.