GUIDES: Leon Chartrand, PhD (Lead)
ACTIVITIES: NOTE: In order to preserve the uniqueness of this experience and to protect rhinos, elephants, cheetah and other animals from our giving away their locations to poachers and tourists, specific details will only be given to the finalized roster and will not be listed here.
At Woltemade Farms (4 nights): nightly soccer matches, sun-downers, campfire meals, wildlife trekking, medicinal plants walk, game drives, sustainable farming methods, semi-precious stone mine, swimming, Sunset wildlife watch at the water hole.
Guest Lodge near Grootfontein (1 night), guided Cave Excursion, Sundowner.
Guest Camp on Kavango River (1 night), Mbuzu Village Visit, Sundowner
Undisclosed River Lodge along the Kavango River (3 nights): Two full days in Bwabwata and Mahangu National Parks for all-day wildlife safaris to see elephants, cape buffalo, zebra, giraffe, oryx, kudu, impala, springbok, wildebeest, jackal, lions. Sunset boat tour on Kavango River to fish for tiger fish and to see hippo, crocodiles and migrating birds. Okavangu Village Walk to learn how to cook a traditional meal.
Camp near Erongo (1 night): Sundowner and bushbaby and dik-dik trekking.
Undisclosed Wildlife Sanctuary and Orphanage (3 nights): lion-feedings, safaris to see hippo, elephant, giraffe, hosts of antelope, lion pride, SunDowners, visits to the Rhino Orphanage and to the local school.
FACULTY: Leon Chartrand, PhD; Steve Yandell, PhD; David Gerberry, PhD.
COURSES: 6 Total CORE Credits, with option to choose among two of three courses offered.
MATH 125 (Gerberry), 3 Credits, (CORE Math Perspectives, Free Elective). This is a course on the principles of modeling wildlife populations and wildlife habitat.
ENGL 205 (Yandell), 3 Credits, CORE PHIL 200, Humanities Elective, Free Elective
THEO 332 (Chartrand), 3 Credits, CORE THEO 200, ERS, Env Sci/Studies, Peace Studies, Humanities Elective, Free Elective
PROGRAM FEE: $4,390 includes roundtrip international airfare, all lodging, ground transportation, vehicle safaris, elephant/wildlife trekking, boat safaris, tiger fish excursions, Mbuzu and Kavango Village visits, National Parks visits, Rock Art tours, Lion-feeding, Rhino Orphanage, meals, snacks, beverages.
TUITION: $535/Credit Hour, 6 Total Credits (separate from Program Fee, 9 Credits are also possible)
DEPOSIT: $400 Nonrefundable deposit secures student’s spot. Deposit deducted from Program Fee.
LIMIT: Maximum 13 Students
VALUE: Attempting this program on one’s own would cost ~$13,500/person. For THIS expedition, a student’s total cost is $4,390 (Program Fee) + $3,210 (6 Credits Tuition) = $7,600 total. For questions on payment plans, contact Xavier University’s Office of the Bursar. For questions on grants and scholarships, contact Xavier University’s Office of Financial Aid.
