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Adventure is served on a Cosmos tour of Kenya and Tanzania, with thrilling visits to Maasai Mara National Reserve, Serengeti National Park, Amboseli National Park, and more. Soak in vistas of mystical mountains, game-filled grasslands, and endless savannah plains as you go off in search of the Big 5 – lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and Cape buffalo. From unique lodges and custom-made 4-wheel-drive safari vehicles to exclusive meals in the bush, a Cosmos East Africa tour will awaken your inner explorer.

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Maasai mara national reserve.

Part of the Serengeti ecosystem, the Maasai Mara National Reserve is home to a strong permanent population of game, providing a significant food source for resident predators including lion, cheetah, leopard, and hyena. Set out on morning and afternoon game drives in search of Africa’s “Big 5”.

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park is known for epic views of Mount Kilimanjaro or "Kili" as the locals call it, the highest mountain in Africa. Morning and afternoon game drives offer a terrific opportunity to get close to the mighty elephant. You might also spot Cape buffalo, zebra, wild dog, and more.

Serengeti National Park

Tanzania’s largest and most famous park, the Serengeti is also home to the seasonal Great Migration of wildebeest, accompanied by zebra, Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, eland, and impala. The Serengeti remains an extraordinary ecosystem for game viewing year-round.

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• Day 1 ARRIVE IN NAIROBI, KENYA
• Day 2 NAIROBI–NYERI AFTERNOON GAME DRIVE IN SOLIO GAME RESERVE
• Day 3 NYERI–MORNING GAME DRIVE IN SOLIO
• Day 4 NYERI–NYAHURURU FALLS–LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
• Day 5 LAKE NAKURU
• Day 6 LAKE NAKURU–MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
• Day 7 MAASAI MARA
• Day 8 MAASAI MARA–NAIROBI–AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
• Day 9 AMBOSELI
• Day 10 AMBOSELI–NAIROBI

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• A Keith · October 17th, 2023 Overall I thought things were run very well. The staff was amazing. The over delivered on what we came to see Trip date: October 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Michele · October 17th, 2023 Our guide, Steve Ndung'u was terrific. He was both knowledgeable and friendly. Our drivers, both Daniel's were great as well…fun, smart, and skilled. Our lodgings were lovely. The staffs there were friendly and helpful. The food was excellent. Our... Show more Trip date: October 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Anonymous · October 17th, 2023 Overall I thought things were run very well. The staff was amazing. The over delivered on what we came to see Trip date: October 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Anonymous · October 17th, 2023 Our guide, Steve Ndung'u was terrific. He was both knowledgeable and friendly. Our drivers, both Daniel's were great as well…fun, smart, and skilled. Our lodgings were lovely. The staffs there were friendly and helpful. The food was excellent. Our... Show more Trip date: October 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
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• A Clarissa · October 16th, 2023 Our guide Steve Ndung'u. Was the best kind knowledgeable he always new where the animals would be and could answer all our guestions or would find the answers for us. I would go on any other trips with him!!!and will recommend others ask for his trips.... Show more Trip date: October 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Anonymous · October 16th, 2023 Our guide Steve Ndung'u. Was the best kind knowledgeable he always new where the animals would be and could answer all our guestions or would find the answers for us. I would go on any other trips with him!!!and will recommend others ask for his trips.... Show more Trip date: October 2023 Review collected by Cosmos

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On Safari in Kenya & Tanzania with Nairobi ( 3553)

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Explore magnificent national parks and reserves on this exciting Kenya and Tanzania safari. Your expedition begins in Nairobi where you’ll enjoy a morning game drive in Nairobi National Park followed by a visit to the Giraffe Center and meet elephant calves orphaned by poachers at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust orphanage. Travel from Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya’s most famous game area. Here embark on morning and afternoon game drives in the “Mara”—home to lion, cheetah, leopard, hyena, wildebeest, and zebra. Next, explore Amboseli National Park—known for its spectacular views of 19,341-ft Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in search of elephants, Cape buffalo, and more. Cross the border into Tanzania and journey to Lake Manyara National Park. Explore this ecologically diverse park on a morning game drive. Your escorted African safari continues to the amazing Ngorongoro area—the astonishing crater measures 2,000 feet deep and spans 102 square miles. Revel in the fantastic game-viewing vantage point to spot lion, hippo, elephant, and flamingo. Next, you’ll enter Serengeti National Park—site of the seasonal great migration of wildebeest, and a great game-viewing area year-round. Covering 5,700 square miles, the Serengeti will thrill you with both morning and afternoon game drives with the chance to see Nile crocodiles, big cats, giraffes, and gazelles. This escorted Africa safari through Kenya and Tanzania is a dream-come-true for the adventurous of spirit.

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All game viewing is done at your own risk. We require a signed liability waiver prior to travel. We don’t recommend this vacation to guests with serious back problems due to rough driving on/off road in/between game parks.

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ARRIVE IN NAIROBI, KENYA Welcome to Africa! Check in to your hotel and prepare for your safari adventure!

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GERION KAVISHE

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" Whether you are interested in viewing wildlife on a private safari or relaxing on the beautiful beaches of Zanzibar, Tanzania offers all you could imagine and more! Come learn about our history and culture while taking in the country's endless beauty. I have spent 17 years guiding travelers through this great country, and I look forward to sharing with you my love of Tanzania. "

ROBERT MARKS

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" Living my dream...I am a member of the Maasai tribe and was raised by a missionary family near my native Ngorongoro. As a child I remember seeing safari vehicles with the red Globus sign and vowed that one day I would guide those safaris. Join me for an unforgettable adventure as I share with you my love of wildlife and insights on my unique culture and traditions. "

STEPHEN NDUNGU

" Join me as we embark on a journey through this unique part of the world. From the bustle of Nairobi to the wilderness and bush of the national parks and reserves, there are many reasons why East Africa is such a popular destination. I am honored to have the opportunity to share with you my passion about Kenya, and I'm delighted to guide you through such a spectacular destination! "

BENJAMIN NZUVE

" As a child, I was fascinated by wildlife documentaries and dreamt of becoming a guide. Now, with more than two decades of experience, I love sharing my extensive knowledge of local wildlife and culture with guests! "

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Tamarind tree hotel, maasai mara, mara sopa lodge, amboseli national park area, amboseli sopa lodge, lake manyara national park area, manyara lakeview oasis, ngorongoro conservation area, marera valley lodge, serengeti national park, serengeti serena safari lodge,  optional excursions -->.

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With NASA contributions, the mission will complement dark energy studies to be made by the agency’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

The Euclid mission , led by ESA (the European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA , has released five new images that showcase the space telescope’s ability to explore two large-scale cosmic mysteries: dark matter and dark energy . Dark matter is an invisible substance five times more common in the universe than “regular” matter but with an unknown composition. “Dark energy” is the name given to the unknown source causing the universe to expand faster and faster.

By 2030, Euclid will create a cosmic map that covers almost a third of the sky, using a field of view that is far wider that than NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, which are designed to study smaller areas in finer detail. Scientists will then chart the presence of dark matter with higher precision than ever before. They can also use this map to study how dark energy’s strength has changed over time.

The five new images feature views of varying sizes — from a star-forming region in the Milky Way galaxy to clusters of hundreds of galaxies — and were taken shortly after Euclid’s launch in July 2023 as part of its early release observations program. The mission released five images from that program last year as a preview of what Euclid would offer, before scientists had analyzed the data.

The new images, related science papers, and data are available at the Euclid website . A pre-recorded program by ESA about these findings is available on ESA TV and YouTube .

Mission planners with NASA’s forthcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will use Euclid’s findings to inform Roman’s complementary dark energy work. Scientists will use Roman, with its better sensitivity and sharpness, to extend the kind of science Euclid enables by studying fainter and more distant galaxies.

One way Euclid will help scientists study dark matter is by observing how this mysterious phenomenon warps the light from distant galaxies, as seen in one of the new images featuring a cluster of galaxies called Abell 2390. The mass of the galaxy cluster, which includes dark matter, creates curves in space. Light from more distant galaxies traveling over those curves appears to bend or arc, similar to how light looks when passing through the warped glass of an old window. Sometimes the warping is so powerful it can create rings, pronounced arcs, or multiple images of the same galaxy — a phenomenon called strong gravitational lensing .

Scientists interested in exploring the effects of dark energy will primarily look for a subtler effect, called weak gravitational lensing, which requires detailed computer analysis to detect and reveals the presence of even smaller clumps of dark matter. By mapping that dark matter and tracing how these clumps evolve over time, scientists will investigate how the outward acceleration of dark energy has changed dark matter’s distribution.

“Because dark energy is a relatively weak effect, we need larger surveys to give us more data and better statistical precision,” said Mike Seiffert, the NASA project scientist for Euclid at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “It’s not something where we can zoom in on one galaxy and study it in detail. We need to look at a much bigger area but still be able to detect these subtle effects. To make that happen, we needed a specialized space telescope like Euclid.”

The telescope uses two instruments that detect different wavelengths of light: the visible-light imager (VIS) and the near-infrared spectrometer and photometer (NISP). Foreground galaxies emit more light in visible wavelengths (those the human eye can perceive), while background galaxies are typically brighter in infrared wavelengths.

“Observing a galaxy cluster with both instruments allows us to see galaxies at a wider range of distances than what we could get using either visible or infrared alone,” said JPL’s Jason Rhodes, principal investigator for NASA’s Euclid dark energy science team. “And Euclid can make these types of deep, wide, high-resolution images hundreds of times faster than other telescopes.”

While dark matter and dark energy are central to the Euclid, the mission has a variety of other astronomical applications. Euclid’s large-area sky map can, for instance, be used to discover faint objects and observe changes in cosmic objects, like a star changing in brightness. Euclid’s new science results include the detection of free-floating planets (planets that don’t orbit stars), which are difficult to find because of their faintness. In addition, the data reveals newly discovered brown dwarfs. Thought to form like stars but not quite large enough to begin fusion in their cores, these objects highlight the differences between stars and planets.

“The data, images, and scientific papers coming out now mark the very beginning of Euclid’s scientific results, and they show a startlingly wide variety of science beyond the primary objective of the mission,” said Seiffert. “What we’re already seeing from Euclid’s wide view has produced results that study individual planets, features in our home Milky Way galaxy, and the structure of the universe at large scales. It’s both thrilling and a little overwhelming to keep up with all the developments.”

Three NASA-supported science teams contribute to the Euclid mission. In addition to designing and fabricating the sensor-chip electronics for Euclid’s Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) instrument, JPL led the procurement and delivery of the NISP detectors as well. Those detectors, along with the sensor chip electronics, were tested at NASA’s Detector Characterization Lab at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC (ENSCI), at Caltech in Pasadena, California, will archive the science data and support U.S.-based science investigations. JPL is a division of Caltech.

For more information about Euclid go to:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/euclid/main/index.html

For more information about Roman, go to:

https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov

Calla Cofield Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 626-808-2469 [email protected]

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• Dark Matter & Dark Energy
• Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
• Origin & Evolution of the Universe

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