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In the northern Arusha region of Tanzania near the border with Kenya, a geological oddity pokes its nose out of the rift valley floor. It's Ol Doinyo Lengai, the only volcano in the world that erupts with natrocarbonatite lava.
Natrocarbonatite is half the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Climbing The Mountain Of God, The World's Weirdest Volcano
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In the northern Arusha region of Tanzania near the border with Kenya, a geological oddity pokes its nose out of the rift valley floor. It's Ol Doinyo Lengai, the only volcano in the world that erupts with natrocarbonatite lava.
Natrocarbonatite is half the ...Bushtracks Expeditions Lets You Build Your Own Safari From Scratch
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February is a special time on the Serengeti. Right now its population of some 1.5 million wildebeests are giving birth to an estimated 8,000 calves a day, the Tanzania Daily News reports.
The East African nation has seen some 16,500 tourists come to watch the event in ...GeoEx Family Adventures Provide Experiences Of A Lifetime
Adventure travel company GeoEx is one of the best in the business when it comes to organizing unique excursions to the far corners of the globe. For more than 30 years they've been planning trips to some of our planet's more off-the-beaten-path locations, giving travelers ...Man Wears 70 Items Of Clothing To Avoid Baggage Fees
An air traveler ended up wearing 70 items of clothing in an effort to avoid extra baggage charges at an airport in China.
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Being in a new country is full of enough culture shock – trying to remember how many dollars to the krona doesn't need to be part of it.
After all, constantly whipping out a calculator (well, a cellphone) and spending five minutes trying to figure out if that ...Kenya Festival A Showcase Of Culture, Old School
The annual Lamu Cultural Festival in Kenya is a showcase of tradition featuring much of what earned the island off Africa's northern coast its World Heritage Site designation in 2001. Coming up November 15-18, 2012, the three-day festival offers a unique opportunity to ...Mountain Travel Sobek Offers Rafting Adventure That Spans 25 Days, 6 Continents
Adrenaline junkies and globetrotting adventure travelers will want to take note of an impressive new itinerary being offered by Mountain Travel Sobek. Yesterday, the company unveiled a new excursion that will send travelers on a whitewater odyssey that spans six continents ...Mt. Kenya To Be Surrounded By Electric Fence
According to the BBC, the Kenyan government has approved a proposal to construct an electric fence around the country's tallest mountain, the 5199-meter (17,057-foot) Mt. Kenya. The plan, which is backed by several conservation groups, was developed to help keep wild animals ...South African Airways introduces virtual itineraries
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Poachers in Kenya may have added a new weapon to their arsenal as they continue to look for ways to illegally harvest ivory in the African country. Earlier this week a series of wildfires ignited on and around Mt. Kenya and officials believe that they were started by ...Build your own adventure with the Africa Safari Planner
The Africa Safari Planner, a newly launched website from adventure travel company Natural Habit Adventures, gives travelers the ability to create their own custom trips to the African bush. The site, which launched earlier this week, provides options to visit nine different ...10 Etsy shops from around the world
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A growing demand for ivory, particularly in Asia, has led to a substantial rise in the number of large-scale seizures of the banned material, and a steep increase in the poaching of elephants. So much so, that the populations of the animals in parts of Africa are now in ...Ivory poaching on the rise thanks to Asian demand and a legal loophole
The poaching of elephant tusks is a growing problem due to increased demand from Asian nations, the Kenyan newspaper Business Daily reports.
A loophole in the UN law regulating the ivory trade allows Japan and China to legally purchase some ivory from selected nations ...New Book celebrates 10 years of the Tour d'Afrique
The Tour d'Afrique is a legendary cycling event that runs from Cairo to Cape Town on an annual basis. Covering more than 7500 miles, and requiring four months to complete, the Tour is a popular "bucket list" item for adventure travelers and cyclists the world over. This ...Gap Adventures, Planterra raise funds for Kenya drought relief
Earlier this week, adventure travel company Gap Adventures and non-profit organization Planeterra joined forces in an effort to raise funds for drought relief in Kenya. The two organizations challenged the adventure travel community to raise $25,000, and that community ...Four natural wonders added to UNESCO World Heritage List
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, also known as UNESCO, has added four new locations to its list of World Heritage sites. The destinations fall under the category of "natural wonders," and were cited for their spectacular beauty, ...
