While Americans celebrate Mother’s Day just once a year in our human realm, every day is Mother’s Day for elephants! Completely matriarchal, elephant societies are led by the oldest and largest mother in the family, and the entire herd is made up of other mothers, daughters, sisters and aunts. Watching these closely-knit elephant families play, work, feed and care for each other is an experience you will never forget, and African Travel, Inc. knows the best places in Africa to find these fascinating elephant mothers!

Amboseli National Park in Kenya is famous for getting up-close and personal to some of the largest free roaming elephants in Africa. On African Travel, Inc.’s Maasai to Mara safari, guests spend unforgettable days with wildlife in this magnificent park at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Covering 150 square miles near the Tanzania border, Amboseli is home to over 900 elephants as well as zebra, wildebeests, giraffes, impala, leopards, lions, hippos, antelope, rhinos, wild dogs, hyenas, cheetah, buffalo, and more than 400 species of birds.

For a contrasting experience on the same safari, Maasai to Mara also includes three nights in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy on the slopes of Mt. Kenya. This former cattle ranch was the first not-for-profit conservation program in East Africa and includes a rhino sanctuary where you can find over 50 black and nearly 50 white rhinos. And finally, spend three nights in magical Masai Mara. Each day will be dramatically different as you take game drives and bush walks in luxurious Elephant Pepper Camp, where elephants can roam outside your tent and monkeys might frolic on your roof! Maasai to Mara is 10 days, priced from $6,895 per person, land only, based on double occupancy. Internal airfare is included in land arrangements.

In African Travel Inc.’s Wild Kingdoms of Southern Africa safari, visitors spend three nights in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, known for its huge herds of elephants, two nights at Victoria Falls where you will have the extraordinary opportunity to ride elephant back, and three nights in Chobe National Park , Botswana, home to one of the largest concentrations of game in Africa. The most accessible and frequently visited of Botswana’s big game country, the Chobe River is most famous for its large herds of elephants and Cape buffalo which, during the dry winter months, converge upon the river to drink. During this season, on an afternoon game drive, you may see hundreds of elephants at one time. You might even be surrounded by elephants, as scores of family herds cross the main road to make their way to the river to drink, bathe and play. Wild Kingdoms of Southern Africa is 10 days, priced from $4,995 per person, land only, based on double occupancy.

As part of African Travel, Inc.’s Distinctive Safari Collection, the 12-day Inspirational Kenya with Lynne Leakey is perhaps one of the best opportunities you will ever have to get up close and personal to the wonders of Africa. You will join renowned conservationist Lynne Leakey on an inspirational safari delving into Kenya’s wildlife conservation, culture, and arts. With your private visits to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, and Masai Mara Lion Research, you’ll meet the founders and researchers who are dedicating their lives to protecting the African elephants, rhinos, and lions. Get an insider’s perspective on the ancient culture of the Maasai as the Chief personally welcomes you to his village. Begins in Nairobi, Kenya, August 26, 2014. This extraordinary experience is priced from $12,965 per person, double occupancy. Internal airfare included in land arrangements.

For more information and to book one of these incredible safaris, contact your favorite Travel Professional, call African Travel, Inc. at (800) 421-8907, or visit www.africantravelinc.com. CST 2071444-20

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About African Travel, Inc.
African Travel, Inc. creates personalized African safaris and adventures for today's travelers seeking an experience of a lifetime. Established for over 37 years, and with more than 100,000 past travelers, African Travel, Inc. knows all the different ways to safari and how to match each individual client to their own unique experience.

Whether experiencing the great migration in the Serengeti, tracking mountain gorillas in Parc National des Volcans in Rwanda, gliding silently along the Zambezi River viewing wildlife from a canoe, learning desert survival skills from a bushman in the Kalahari in Botswana or sipping champagne while watching the sun descend into the Atlantic from a private balcony in Cape Town, We Know Africa.

African Travel, Inc. won distinction as a Top Safari Outfitter in Travel + Leisure's 2012 World's Best Awards and was nominated by Travel Weekly in their Readers’ Choice Awards as a Top Tour Operator and Safari Outfitter. National Geographic includes African Travel, Inc. in their list of “Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth,” and African Travel, Inc. is listed as a Travel + Leisure Family Club Tour Partner. African Travel, Inc. is part of The Travel Corporation, which also includes in the USA: Trafalgar, Contiki, Brendan Vacations, Insight Vacations, The Red Carnation Hotel Collection, and Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection. In Africa, African Travel, Inc. is proud to have as its sister company, Thompsons Africa, with its extensive network of offices throughout the region. In addition to Thompsons Africa, African Travel, Inc. works closely with a network of highly rated lodge operators in Africa including Wilderness Safaris.

About TreadRight
TreadRight is a not-for-profit foundation established by The Travel Corporation to encourage sustainable tourism within our own family of brands, and in the places we visit. To date, TreadRight has donated more than USD 1.5 million to sustainable tourism projects worldwide, and encourages industry best practice by annually supporting the World Travel & Tourism Council’s Tourism for Tomorrow awards. To learn more about the many projects TreadRight is funding please visit us at treadright.org.

About USTOA
African Travel, Inc. shares the coverage available under the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program with affiliates of TravCorp USA, Inc. in accordance with the terms and conditions of the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program. In addition, TravCorp Financial Services Limited provides a guarantee of $20 million in respect of all customers traveling with African Travel, Inc.