A UK tour company has launched a 111-day, $1 million "safari." Got cash and time? Here's where you could be headed, starting with an eight-day exploration in Kenya to see northern white rhino, one of the world's most endangered animals. They're extinct in the wild according to the World Wide Fund for Nature though a few individuals remain at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, watched over by armed guards.
Laikipia Plateau (Kenya) —
A UK tour company has launched a 111-day, $1 million "safari." Got cash and time? Here's where you could be headed, starting with an eight-day exploration in Kenya to see northern white rhino, one of the world's most endangered animals. They're extinct in the wild according to the World Wide Fund for Nature though a few individuals remain at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, watched over by armed guards.
Courtesy Solio Lodge
The safari is designed to combine luxury experiences with contributions to conservation efforts. A five-day trip to Rwanda will seek out the country's mountain gorillas. Just 880 individuals remain today, in the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda.
Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda) —
The safari is designed to combine luxury experiences with contributions to conservation efforts. A five-day trip to Rwanda will seek out the country's mountain gorillas. Just 880 individuals remain today, in the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda.
Courtesy Richard Denyer
Around a thousand of Africa's remaining wild chimpanzees (WWF estimates 150,000-250,000 of our closest cousins remain in the wild) live in this remote wilderness. The trip covers four days at Mahale Mountains National Park tracking them.
Mahale Mountains NP (Tanzania) —
Around a thousand of Africa's remaining wild chimpanzees (WWF estimates 150,000-250,000 of our closest cousins remain in the wild) live in this remote wilderness. The trip covers four days at Mahale Mountains National Park tracking them.
Courtesy Richard Denyer
One week will be spent at the Selinda Concession seeking out resident wild dogs. Seeing these "painted dogs," which differ to wolves and domesticated dogs by having four toes rather than five, is an increasingly rare thing. Their population is estimated at 3,000-5,500.
Selinda Concession (Botswana) —
One week will be spent at the Selinda Concession seeking out resident wild dogs. Seeing these "painted dogs," which differ to wolves and domesticated dogs by having four toes rather than five, is an increasingly rare thing. Their population is estimated at 3,000-5,500.
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The black rhinos in the Palmwag Concession in Namibia are critically endangered, with fewer than 5,000 left in the wild. Their longer front horn makes them targets for poachers.
Palmwag Concession (Namibia) —
The black rhinos in the Palmwag Concession in Namibia are critically endangered, with fewer than 5,000 left in the wild. Their longer front horn makes them targets for poachers.
Courtesy Richard Denyer
Eight days in Antarctica will be spent exploring ice caves, rock climbing and kite-skiing. The main draw is a colony of 6,000 emperor penguins, populations of which could decline by 50% according to the WWF if global average temperatures rise by just 2 degrees Celsius.
Antarctic Peninsula —
Eight days in Antarctica will be spent exploring ice caves, rock climbing and kite-skiing. The main draw is a colony of 6,000 emperor penguins, populations of which could decline by 50% according to the WWF if global average temperatures rise by just 2 degrees Celsius.
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Snow leopards and Bengal tigers will (hopefully) be part of the 10-12 day stint in Ladakh and the parks of Kanha and Bandhavgarh, northwestern India. There are fewer than 2,500 Bengal tigers in the wild, but they're still the most populous tiger subspecies.
Big cats in India —
Snow leopards and Bengal tigers will (hopefully) be part of the 10-12 day stint in Ladakh and the parks of Kanha and Bandhavgarh, northwestern India. There are fewer than 2,500 Bengal tigers in the wild, but they're still the most populous tiger subspecies.
Courtesy Andy Rouse
This little guy, plus sun bears and pygmy elephants, can be seen in Borneo. There are approximately 41,000 Bornean orangutans in the wild. Deforestation and illegal wildlife trade are their biggest threats.
Danum Valley and Sepilok (Borneo) —
This little guy, plus sun bears and pygmy elephants, can be seen in Borneo. There are approximately 41,000 Bornean orangutans in the wild. Deforestation and illegal wildlife trade are their biggest threats.
Courtesy Andy Rouse
The M/Y Grace will explore the land and marine systems that inspired Darwin's Theory of Evolution. There are approximately 14,300 Galápagos giant tortoises on the islands. They're considered a vulnerable species, but not endangered, and often live longer than 100 years.
Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) —
The M/Y Grace will explore the land and marine systems that inspired Darwin's Theory of Evolution. There are approximately 14,300 Galápagos giant tortoises on the islands. They're considered a vulnerable species, but not endangered, and often live longer than 100 years.
Courtesy M/Y Grace
Finally, the frozen tundra of Canada. A few days here will be spent spotting polar bears as they gather along the shores of Hudson Bay, waiting for the water to freeze so they can set out to hunt. Polar bears are listed as vulnerable by the WWF, with a population of 20,000-25,000.
Churchill (Canada) —
Finally, the frozen tundra of Canada. A few days here will be spent spotting polar bears as they gather along the shores of Hudson Bay, waiting for the water to freeze so they can set out to hunt. Polar bears are listed as vulnerable by the WWF, with a population of 20,000-25,000.
Courtesy Rebecca Reimer