[ad_1] Wilderness Safarisâ annual photo competition raises R225,000 for conservation With camps in six international locations throughout southern and East Africa, Wilderness Safaris hosts hundreds of safari-goers yearly, who come in search of shut wildlife encounters. As a end result, the corporate has been in a position to assist numerous conservation and training initiatives. Itâs…
What is it really like to climb Dune 45 at Sossusvlei?
Laura Birtles travelled to Namibia’s far-flung south-west to find out Five million years ago, iron oxide was swept from the Orange River in the Kalahari towards the ocean, forming the magnificent rust-red dunes of Sossusvlei. Lying deep in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, these vast sand mountains are, without doubt, one of the most extraordinary natural…
A rare classic: capturing the essence of Africa
[ad_1] Illustrator Duncan Butchart takes a nostalgic journey to some of Africaâs iconic locations Harking again to the days of pop artwork, and with greater than a nod to Tintin, South Africa-based illustrator Duncan Butchart has created a sequence of classic artwork posters depicting iconic African locations â stripped right down to the naked necessities.…
The complete list of game of thrones filming of locations in Girona, Spain
The final few episodes may have been controversial, but that doesn’t detract from how epic the Game of Thrones series were. As a huge fan, I still enjoy visiting Game of Thrones filming locations whenever I can which is why I took a day trip to Girona on my recent visit to Barcelona. Girona is just a…
Top Places to Satisfy a Street Art Connoisseur’s Aesthetic Sense!
Street art is a form of an artist’s self-expression in terms of imagery and symbolism, meant to convey personal messages or social critiques to the viewer.Very few places in the world provide artists the liberty to express themselves, for the world to see and interpret. Here I have taken the labor to compile the list…
10 of world’s most eco-friendly golf courses
In 2018, Forbes stated that a whopping 9 million tons of plastic infiltrate the ocean every year. With this in mind, golf courses all over the world are making conscious decisions to eliminate plastic. From the preservation of wildlife to promoting a low-carbon future, the golf community is making strides to contribute to the worldwide…
Ten Reasons To Visit The Sahara Desert
1. The beauty and tranquillity …of the Sahara is unsurpassed, and the scale and sight of a clear 360° horizon is awesome. The landscape changes constantly and is anything but bare and barren, with high dunes, low dunes, wells and dry oases. In certain places there warm springs feeding into a warm lake, abandoned villages…
Foreign & Commonwealth Office is advising against all but essential travel to Bolivia
After weeks of violent clashes over the disputed election, Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, had to step down on Sunday after 14 years in power. The resignation of Morales, who has now accepted political asylum in Mexico, has left Bolivia in a “very uncertain” political and security situation prompting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to…
How Egypt’s Red Sea Mountain Trail set new tracks into the wild
Finding a way to experience a country away from other groups of tourists is a challenge in 2019. It doesn’t take long for once underexplored areas to become popular as the word gets out. A surge in interest in long distance trails has seen long-established hikes such as Spain’s Camino de Santiago and even parts…
Discover Europe’s beer trail by train: Rotterdam, Leuven, Nuremberg, Pilsen
I boarded Eurostar 9116 at London St. Pancras International just before 9am to embark on beer trail through Rotterdam, Leuven, Nuremberg and Pilsen. By midday, I was sipping a ‘Noordt Dubbel’ dark craft beer at ‘Proeflokaal Reijngoud’ in Rotterdam. Rotterdam – the ‘living lab’ Rotterdam has been described as a ‘living lab’, a focal point…