2012 Expose Safari focuses on big cats in Botswana and throughout Africa

Travel Daily News: 2012 Expose Safari focuses on big cats in Botswana and throughout Africa
Wildlife conservation in Botswana and Southern Africa continues to grow, as evidenced by this year’s Expose Safari, led by Piper & Heath Travel owner Chris Liebenberg. An annual event designed to explore and promote unique African eco-tourism destinations and features, this year’s sold-out safari will focus on Big Cat Conservation. Inspired by the 2011 film release of “The Last Lions,” a documentary movie filmed exclusively in Botswana by legendary filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, this year’s safari will expose trip participants to lion, cheetah, and leopard conservation efforts in Botswana and South Africa. The 10-day trip will include travel through Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Okavango Delta, where cheetah, black-maned Kalahari lions, and Duba lions can be found.

The safari, a not-for-profit trip, will be led by experts in the fields of travel and animal conservation, bringing to the participants an in-depth knowledge of the animals and exposing them to the successes and challenges of large carnivore conservation in Africa. Rebecca Klein, Founding Director of Cheetah Conservation Botswana, will join the trip as a subject matter expert. At each stop throughout the 2012 Expose trip, participants will be immersed in the culture, and will be encouraged to contribute travel diaries, video logs, and post-safari blog entries. Participants will therefore not only be at the forefront of this conservation tourism effort, but will also be helping to support and promote conscientious and sustainable travel.

While the 2012 Expose is already sold out, all materials from this trip will be made available in the months after the safari.