Watching wildlife on the move

WITNESS the migration of wildlife across the Serengeti plains on a safari to Tanzania with the Santa Ana Zoo. The 12-day June 12 trip also will visit Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater.

“You literally see thousands of zebra, antelope and wildebeests,” said Ron Glazier, director of the Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park, “not to mention the predators -- the lions and hyenas -- that are along with” the migration.

The group will travel in large four-wheel-drive vehicles with top hatches for viewing. Participants will stay in first-class lodges and Kirawira, a luxury tented camp in Tanzania. An optional five-day extension to Zanzibar is available.

A free slide show of earlier tours will be shown at 1 p.m. Saturday on the second floor of the barn at the zoo.

Cost: $5,195 per person, double occupancy ($495 single surcharge), including airfare from Los Angeles, all meals on safari, transportation and guides.

Contact: Ron Glazier, Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park, Santa Ana; (714) 647-6598, www.santaanazoo.org.

CALIFORNIA

A cruise for seabird lovers

SEE seabirds off the California coast on a five-day birding cruise. The April 13 trip, aboard a 95-foot sport fishing boat, coincides with the spring migration season. Birders may see shearwaters, fulmars, petrels, albatross, murrelets and other types of seabirds.

The course will be along sea mounts and ocean canyons 100 to 150 miles offshore where migratory birds go to feed and will include waters off the Channel Islands.

Participants will have cabins aboard the boat, which holds 30 passengers and a crew of seven.

Cost: $750 per person, double occupancy (single surcharge not available), including cabin accommodations, meals and beverages. Transportation to San Diego and crew gratuities not included

Contact: Searcher Natural History Tours, San Diego; (619) 226-2403, www.bajawhale.com.

SPAIN, FRANCE

Picasso, Dali just the start

CRUISE to the art centers of Spain and France and see the haunts of 20th century modernist Pablo Picasso on a 10-night tour sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

The April 7 cruise, aboard the 88-passenger Clelia II, embarks at Malaga, Spain, the birthplace of Picasso and home of the Picasso Foundation.

The ship will call at Barcelona, where travelers will explore its museums and architecture, especially the Art Nouveau buildings of Antonio Gaudi. It also will stop in Roses, the birthplace of surrealist Salvador Dali, and Cadaques, Spain, home of the Perrot-Moore Museum.

Other stops include Monte Carlo and St. Tropez, Cannes and Nice on the French Riviera. In Nice, the group will tour the Maeght Foundation collection of 20th century artists, including Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall and Joan Miro.

Cost: $6,995 to $12,995 depending on cabin, per person, double occupancy ($2,495 single surcharge). Included are luxury accommodations aboard ship, meals, beer or wine with lunch and dinner, excursions, lectures, baggage handling, airport transfers, port dues and taxes and gratuities. Airfare from Los Angeles is not included.

Contact: The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; (805) 884-6436, www.sbmuseart.org.

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