Uganda
by David Farley (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
David Farley
Oman was disappointed we didn't see a lion – almost as if it was a reflection of his masculinity. "Maybe tomorrow," he said, a tone of defeat pervading his voice, as he swung our jeep back toward the lodge. I was spending a couple days at Kyambura Lodge ...
by David Farley (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
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Knowledge, as they saying goes, is power. True. It also leads people to become annoying know-it-alls, Nobel Prize winners, dictators and/or plumbers. For me, though, it just made me a coffee snob.
Let me explain. I've always appreciated good coffee but I ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Julian Monroe Fisher
If you've already crossed the Appalachian Trail off your bucket list, hiked the length of New Zealand along the Te Araroa and walked through the Alps on the Haute Route, then I may have found your next big adventure: a new long-distance hiking trail ...
by Jessica Festa (RSS feed) (11 months ago)
This weekend, Uganda will be hosting their Royal Ascot Goat Races. Held at the Speke Resort on the shores of Lake Victoria, this annual tradition has been going on since 1993. According to BBC Travel, it came to be when a local sailing club decided to put on a quirky ...
by Andrew Burmon (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
I'd been looking for an excuse to leave Kampala for a several weeks. After our guard stole my roommate's bankroll and the security company asked us to decide whether he should be fired or pistol-whipped -- we settled on the latter after both protesting and soliciting ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
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 ...
by Jessica Festa (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Beginning this month, Marasa's Mweya Safari Lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, Africa, launched their "$1 For the Future" campaign in conjunction with USAID's Sustainable Tourism in the Albertine Rift Program (USAID-STAR) and the Uganda Community Tourism ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
This year in Africa, the fight between law enforcement and poachers of endangered species has flared into a war.
In the first two months of 2011, nine poachers were shot dead in South Africa. Despite this, poaching is up. In that nation alone, 333 rhinos were killed in ...
by Justin Delaney (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
From an island microslum in Colombia to a haute enclave in central Paris, the ten most crowded islands in the world bear scant similarities in class or culture. In fact, every entry in the top ten comes from a different country. But being islands, each shares the common ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
For years Black Tomato has delighted old travel hands with its inventive, bespoke itineraries to various corners of the globe. The company is especially good at showcasing beautiful destinations not yet well-known to most travelers beyond the surrounding region. Among ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
In the latest in a spate of good news about wildlife conservation in Africa, BBC Earth reports that mountain gorillas have increased their numbers on Virunga Massif, their core habitat stretching across Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From a ...
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 Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Uganda's hotels are facing tough times. Despite their country having top attractions such as Nile rafting trips, the Great Rift Valley, and safaris in the many national parks filled with wildlife, the average hotel is running at only 50 percent capacity. Adding to this ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Way to go, Uganda.
A week after a bomb ripped through a crowd watching the World Cup, Uganda has thumbed its nose at the terrorists and declared it is open for business.
The country's tourism minister says they've beefed up security at public gatherings and are ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Uganda has started work on habituating another mountain gorilla group to humans in order to expand safaris in its famous Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Habituation involves gradually exposing gorillas to humans in order for the highly territorial groups to get ...
by Andrew Evans (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
While every city council and national tourist board seems to know the equation gay + traveler = big bucks, the central African nation of Uganda wants none of it. A controversial bill may soon pass that would not only outlaw homosexuality, but would also impose the death ...
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 Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
When it comes to adventure travel, the terms "sustainability" and "eco-friendly" get tossed around a lot these days. In some cases, these are just buzz words in a travel brochure designed to help travelers feel good about themselves before they head off to exotic locations. ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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Thinking of heading to Africa on your next big trip abroad? Planning on going on safari while you're there? Then you're in luck, because National Geographic ...
by Kendra Bailey Morris (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) in Uganda is well-known throughout the world as the home for nearly half of the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas. However, gorillas are no longer the only entity on Uganda's endangered list. Bwindi's local ...
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