Named after the Swahili word for journey, African safari tours date back nearly 200 years to the 1830s. That's when famed explorer William Cornwallis Harris ventured into South Africa on a Keep Reading
Animals in Kenya: A Guide to 40 Species of Kenyan Wildlife
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It may be a cliché, but it's no understatement to say that Mountain Gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda is truly the adventure of a lifetime. It's an incredible opportunity to spend an hour Keep Reading
50 Fascinating Facts About Giraffes
Lanky, awkward, affectionate, and endearing... you'd be hard pressed to find someone who's not intrigued by Giraffes. These evolutionary marvels, which get their name from the Arabic word Zarafa Keep Reading
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You'll see the iconic rock outcroppings of Elsa's Kopje (a.k.a. Mughwango Hill) long before you reach its location near the epicenter of Kenya's Meru National Park, which is located about 220 miles Keep Reading
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Our first morning game drive from Porini Mara Camp is the sort of experience wildlife lovers dream of their entire lives. We’re exploring the Ol Kinyei and Naboisho Conservancies, on privately-owned Keep Reading
Top 10 Tanzania National Parks & Reserves (The Ultimate Tanzania Safari)
With 16 national parks, three game reserves, and two marine reserves, going on a Tanzania safari ranked high on our world travel bucket list long before we had the means to visit the country. Keep Reading
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I've never been so happy to depart a destination as I was the day we left Tanzania's Lake Natron to visit the Maasai people in a traditional village. Wrecked by a stomach virus, relentless heat, Keep Reading
Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda (w/Dian Fossey’s Porter)
"Here we will drop our backpacks and walking sticks. The Gorillas are very close now." Aside from being pronounced man and wife and being told I have a healthy baby girl, this sentence uttered by Keep Reading
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My heart aches. I feel as if I cannot breathe. I'm halfway through a tour of the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, which opened in 2004 on the site where 250,000 victims of the Rwanda genocide Keep Reading
How to Get the Most For Your Kruger National Park Entrance Fee
Considering the impressive array of wildlife you can see there, the Kruger National Park entrance fee is a mere pittance. During our visit a few weeks ago with Discover Corps, admission to Keep Reading
Back Where We Started: Revisiting the Place That Changed My Life
Back Where We Started Revisiting the Place That Changed My Life It’s a strange feeling to return to the place where your life’s dream was born. Reflections of the past, observations of the Keep Reading
Endangered Elephants of East Africa
The African continent is home to two species of increasingly endangered elephants. The elusive African Forest Elephant, which lives in the forests of the Congo, is the smallest of the world’s three Keep Reading
Exploring Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Time in a Bottle)
"When you live as if your days are numbered, you will gain a heart of wisdom." –Andy Stanley I think it’s the natural progression of things that the older we get, the more conscious we become of the Keep Reading
Baby Zebra at Watering Hole in Serengeti National Park
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