Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris
Botswana and Zambia
August 3 to 22, 2024 Trip Portal
Welcome to your Botswana and Zambia August 4 to 23, 2024 Trip Portal: This resource page includes everything you’ll need to register and plan for your Cheesemans’ adventure and make the most of your trip!
Reservation Information
Please review this now to secure your reservation.
Reservation Materials
Please fill out the following forms by the noted deadlines.
- Reservation Form: Please fill this out IMMEDIATELY.
- Insurance Form: If you plan to buy insurance that covers you for pre-existing conditions, please review this before sending a deposit. Please fill this out by February 25, 2024. For more information, see our travel insurance webpage. For further details on travel insurance, we invite you to visit our travel insurance webpage. The providers listed on our resource page present a range of travel protection plans. Feel free to obtain quotes or reach out to them for information on coverage options that address typical travel concerns, including trip cancellation, interruption, delay, medical expenses while traveling, baggage and personal effects, emergency medical evacuation, among others.
- Additional Info Form: Please fill this out by February 25, 2024.
Payments
We accept payment in US Dollars by check, money order, bank draft, wire transfer, and credit card. Most US clients pay by check and most international clients pay by wire.
To make a payment by:
- Check, money order, or bank draft: Please make payable to Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris and mail it to:
Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris
PO Box 304
Moss Landing, CA 95039
USA - Wire transfer: Please follow these instructions.
- Credit card: Fees are involved if paying by credit card (3% of total, but waived for the $500 per person deposit). Please pay on our secure webpages for the $1,500 deposit and for any payments thereafter. For your security, we do not take any credit card information by phone or email.
Connect with Us
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- YouTube: Explore our video library for exciting highlights and behind-the-scenes footage.
- SmugMug: View traveler photos from our expeditions.
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Share Your Adventure with Us!
We invite you to join our exclusive Google Photo Sharing Folder for your recent Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris trip! This is a fantastic opportunity to share your favorite moments and stunning shots with fellow travelers and the Cheesemans’ community.
By uploading your photos and videos, you grant us permission to showcase your incredible experiences in our marketing efforts, helping to inspire future adventurers. Rest assured, all media used will be credited to you, ensuring your contribution is celebrated.
Share the beauty of your journey and leave a lasting impact by helping us highlight the wonders of our natural world. We can’t wait to see the amazing memories you’ve captured!
Trip Information
Information to help you prepare for your trip. We will notify you by email when the following information is available.
Conservation
Our company ethos has always regarded conservation as inseparable from responsible tourism. We struggle with the dilemma that traveling worldwide expends climate-changing carbon. However, we wholeheartedly believe that traveling with us will cultivate your passion for conserving our beautiful world, while stimulating each destination’s local economies. We encourage you to explore the various ways in which Cheesemans’ operates within this context:
- Ecotourism & Conservation in Botswana
- Ecotourism & Conservation in Zambia
- Cheesemans’ Trips are Carbon Neutral
- Offsetting your Travel to/from our Trip: We ask you to pledge to offset the carbon emissions for your travel to and from our trips. Use this tool to calculate your emissions and purchase your carbon offset today through Sustainable Travel International, or through your favorite carbon offsetting organization.
Trip Materials
Documents to help you prepare for your safari.
- Trip Planning Materials: This has a checklist of what we need from you, and if you only read one document to prepare for this tour, this is the one to read.
- Trip Itinerary: If you’d like a PDF of the itinerary, click <Print Trip> at the bottom of Safari Overview section.
- Reading and Resource List
- Pre-Trip Zoom
Final Reminders and Updates
Closer to the departure date, we will email you final reminders, updates, and trip participant list with photos, contact info, listing only trip participants who opted to share information. Let us know if you’ll be unreachable for any significant length of time two months prior to your tour, thus needing anything from us sooner than usual.
Trip Evaluation
We will notify you by email when the following information is available.
After you return home, please fill out our Trip Evaluation.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact the tour coordinator Elizabeth Coler. If you have immediate concerns or questions, please email us or call our office at 1-800-527-5330 or 1-408-741-5330.