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The World’s Best Travel Pilgrimages

Pilgrimages add to travel the adventure of the quest; they turn the traveler into a seeker, an explorer of both inner and outer landscapes...

16 September, 2017 / 0 Comments

Conservation Travel: A Source of Hope for Africa’s Endangered Gorillas

Gorilla trekking fees are expensive, and in Rwanda, they just got higher. For Africa’s endangered gorillas, however, those permits represent a hope that many say is priceless....

26 July, 2017 / 0 Comments

In Search of Starlight: The Rise of Dark Sky Tourism

While fewer than 200 stars are typically visible to city dwellers, up to 15,000 are on display in the least disturbed night skies. We may have to go in search of starlight, but chasing dark skies is an exhilarating travel adventure....

15 March, 2017 / 0 Comments

Hope for Africa’s Dwindling Elephants and Five Top Places to See Them

In Botswana’s Okavango Delta, we were bumping along a dirt track through the Moremi Game Reserve when we heard them first. A shrill trumpet blasted through the mopane forest. Seconds later, we saw them, bursting through the trees at a fast trot. Our Land Cruiser...

25 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

9 Unforgettable Adventures to Take in 2017

A new year brings new goals and new challenges—and for many of us, that means new travel plans. From exploring Cuba by kayak to sleeping in one of the most remote places on earth, these unforgettable journeys...

28 December, 2016 / 0 Comments

Pushing Back Against Poaching: How Conservation Travel Helps Save Wildlife

In the dry sal forests of India’s Bandhavgarh National Park, a Jeep picks its way over a rough dirt road flanked by thickets of bamboo. Suddenly, the driver rolls to a halt. “Shhhh,” he whispers, his finger poised at his lips as he surveys the...

09 December, 2016 / 0 Comments

Follow in the Footsteps of These Famous Explorers

These legends left lasting legacies in their wake, from the first aerial film of Mt. Kilimanjaro to a fourteen-foot fiberglass kayak to the theory of evolution. Find the right expedition, and you too can venture to the territories that inspired them....

07 December, 2016 / 0 Comments

Matt Wilkens: Notes on an Okavango Odyssey

On June 22, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) voted to recognize Botswana’s Okavango Delta as its 1,000th World Heritage Site. The Delta now joins a select group of the world’s most treasured cultural and natural sites, including the Pyramids, the Great Barrier...

30 June, 2014 / 0 Comments

Insiders Odzala: My Quest for Lowland Gorillas, by Ken Zaremba

After having photographed mountain gorillas in Rwanda and chimpanzees in both Uganda and Tanzania, I wanted to photograph lowland gorillas and bonobo monkeys. My research for an African safari ground operator who could provide us access to lowland gorillas led me once again to Bushtracks....

08 May, 2014 / 0 Comments

Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda: A Mother & Daughter Adventure, by Samantha Barbitta

Very few mothers and daughters share the experience that my mom and I did in March 2010 when she joined me on Bushtracks’ safari in Rwanda to go gorilla trekking. We were in Rwanda for 3 nights and 4 days, with one gorilla trek, before...

24 April, 2014 / 0 Comments

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