Mozambique
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
An official from the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique made a sobering announcement this week when it was revealed that rhinos are now extinct inside the park. António Abacar, the park's director, indicated that no rhinos have been spotted in Limpopo since January, ...
by Adam Hodge (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
It's the great hypocrisy in the mind of every traveler that they want to tour a place free from other tourists. Grumbling that a place is overcrowded isn't without grounds, though. Who hasn't wanted to pull a Dr. Manhattan on the tour groups that take group photos with ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
South African Airways Vacations has introduced a new feature on its website that gives visitors the ability to explore options for travel in Africa like never before. The company has launched a series of "virtual itineraries" that use a combination of maps, photos and points ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa and a UNESCO Biosphere location. This week, the park was closed as massive flooding of the once-in-one-hundred-years magnitude stranding American and Canadian tourists who had to be airlifted out yesterday.
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by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Africa's middle class is growing.
The African Development Bank says one in three Africans are now middle class. While the bank's definition isn't comparable to the Western definition--the African middle class makes $2-$20 a day--the lifestyle is similar. Middle-class ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Adventurous travelers looking for a unique road trip this summer may want to checkout the Put Foot Rally, which is scheduled to get underway in June. The event begins in South Africa and promises to send teams on a 7000km (4350 mile) long odyssey through the wilds of Africa. ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Anthropologist, explorer, and member of the Royal Geographical Society Julian Monroe Fisher is preparing for an epic expedition that will see him cross Africa completely on foot. The journey, which is set to begin this spring, will cover more than 4000 miles, crossing the ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Five rhino poachers were killed in two shootouts with South African police this week, the BBC reports. Three were killed in Kruger National Park, one of the most popular game reserves for safaris in South Africa. Two others were killed near the border with Mozambique. ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Two Muslims from South Africa mixed adventure travel and spirituality this year by cycling to Mecca for the Hajj. Natheem Cairncross, 28 and Imtiyaz Haron, 25, cycled through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Turkey, Syria and Jordan. ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Ethiopia suffers from a bad image thanks to the war and famine of the 1980s. As my series on travel in Ethiopia showed, however, this is a land of friendly people, beautiful nature, and fascinating historic sites. Infrastructure is slowly improving and the Ethiopians are ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Do you feel a bit confined by your gig? Sure, the cash is great, but you are held hostage by it. You can't throw it all away and chase your low-paying dream. Well, now you have a chance to turn the paycheck that keeps you in the office 14 hours a day into the chance to try ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Mozambique is enjoying a tourism boom, but it falls short of what officials in the large southeast African nation hoped for. According to the latest figures, tourism earned the nation $195 million last year, up $10 million from the previous year. This figure only accounts ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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Thomas Tomczyk is serious about motorcycles. He's done three motorcycle trips across India, from the steamy southern tip ...
by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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The travelers here at Gadling have seen a lot of world flags. We've seen the world's flags made out of food. We were also amused by this opinionated list ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
Cyberjunkies face a serious problem when going to Africa--most countries have slow and unreliable Internet service. I've been encountering this problem myself as I try to set up my upcoming trip to The Gambia. Luckily for some countries, a new high-speed fiber optic cable ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
A few days back we posted about 18 unique travel experiences that even the seasoned traveler would find interesting. One of the suggestions on that list was to travel to the Kalahari Desert to stay with bushmen and partake in an initiation hunt with the tribes that still ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
Outside Magazine has put together a great list of the top eco-lodges from around the world, with seven amazing escapes that not only offer plenty of luxury, but do so in an eco-friendly way. Each of the resorts is given a rating on the "Green-O-Meter" and for its ...
by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (5 years ago)
There's The New York Times list of 53 places to go in 2008 (see post), the 40 travel tips and suggestions from London's Times (see post )and now Concierge.com has an IT List of 10 more suggestions, all with sound reasoning behind each one.
The way a destination ends up on ...
by Adrienne Wilson (RSS feed) (6 years ago)
Although today isn't my day for our Photo of the Day feature, I caught sight of this sign picture and had to pass it on. If you ever felt intimidated in the market place or too shy to bargain in Africa; this sign clears the fog. They bargain in Africa. Taken in South Africa ...
by Adrienne Wilson (RSS feed) (7 years ago)
Just like Neil's Machu Picchu piece some folks might debate doing the whole African safari thing by helicopter, but I'm totally a fan of helicopter sightseeing. For one, my last trip to Hawai'i had me foaming at the mouth to shoot more aerial photography of the places we so ...
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