Travel with Cal Professor Justin Brashares and arrive in Uganda and take in the luster of "the pearl of Africa." Travel by boat across Lake Victoria and explore the Ngamba Island Chimp Sanctuary. Track the critically endangered Mountain Gorilla of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park’s dense primeval forests. Switch gears and go on game drives to see lion, hippo and elephant in the magnificent Queen Elizabeth National Park. With its tropical forest, savannah, crater lakes and swamps, this verdant park is enchanting.

Visit Rwanda and the Parc National des Volcans. Stop in the famed Karisoke Research Center, established by Dian Fossey, a primatologist who dedicated her life to the conservation and protection of Mountain Gorillas. Finish with a city tour of Kigali including a visit to the Rwandan Genocide Memorial.

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