Apr 7th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
When it comes to planning my next trip, a pretty photo only inspires me half as much as a good map. I'm particularly partial to UNESCO's interactive World Heritage List map, which I spend more time clicking on than I'd care to admit. The map identifies the List's 962 properties across the globe and provides information about each, including an array of photos for those who need the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Travel Tool: Interactive World Heritage Site Map
Apr 7th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
When it comes to planning my next trip, a pretty photo only inspires me half as much as a good map. I'm particularly partial to UNESCO's interactive World Heritage List map, which I spend more time clicking on than I'd care to admit. The map identifies the List's 962 properties across the globe and provides information about each, including an array of photos for those who need the ...Tourists Amazed By Serengeti Wildebeest Calving
Feb 27th, 2013 at 1:00PM:
February is a special time on the Serengeti. Right now its population of some 1.5 million wildebeests are giving birth to an estimated 8,000 calves a day, the Tanzania Daily News reports.
The East African nation has seen some 16,500 tourists come to watch the event in Serengeti National Park, including 5,800 domestic visitors who are part of a growing African middle class that's boosting ...Want To Mountain Bike Down Kilimanjaro?
Oct 3rd, 2012 at 8:00AM: At 19,340 feet in height, Mt. Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in all of Africa. Over the years, it has become one of the top adventure travel destinations in the world, drawing in thousands of hikers on an annual basis. But next year, for the first time ever, a small group of travelers will actually get the unique opportunity to bike down the mountain thanks to a new itinerary offered by Trek ...Soaring Over The Serengeti In A Hot Air Balloon
Jul 11th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
This video shows two of my lifelong dreams: I've always wanted to ride in a hot air balloon and I've always wanted to take a balloon ride over the Serengeti.
Kym Elder has done both, and captured her experience in this beautiful video. She soars over zebra, giraffes, gazelles and many more animals. Flying over the herds on a near-silent balloon must be the best way to see them. You can get in ...
African game reserves flooded, travelers stranded
Jan 22nd, 2012 at 12:00PM: 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.
After a swollen river burst its banks and washed-out a bridge. "There wasn't any other way to get out of the park," ...Dog found at summit of Kilimanjaro
Sep 2nd, 2011 at 9:00AM: Four climbers on Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro had a surprise waiting for them when they arrived at the summit of Africa's tallest mountain last week. After making the long, and sometimes arduous, trek to the top, they were surprised to find a dog had arrived before them.
Antoine le Galloudec, Kristina Meese, Irina Manoliv and Monique Indino were climbing with a local tour company, when they ...New luxury safari camp opens on the Serengeti
Jun 30th, 2011 at 8:00AM: African travel company Nomad Tanzania opened a new safari camp earlier this week, offering travelers a unique experience in a small group, luxury setting. The camp, which is located in a remote region of the northern Serengeti, sits not far from the border between Kenya and Tanzania, offering visitors spectacular views of the Mara River and the wildlife that inhabits the endless African plains.
...Conservation victory: Serengeti highway plans cancelled
Jun 26th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
Plans to build a paved, two-lane highway through the Serengeti National Park have been canceled.
The road, which was supposed to bring better access to Lake Victoria, will possibly be rerouted further south to avoid having an impact on the Serengeti's rich wildlife.
There's already a gravel road across the park, but paving it would have attracted much more traffic and probably fencing. The ...U.S. expresses concern over proposed Serengeti Highway
Jun 13th, 2011 at 8:00AM: The U.S. government has expressed concern over a proposed new highway that would pass through the Serengeti plains in Tanzania, citing a study that indicates the road could have an adverse effect on the annual migration of animals there. Reportedly the Obama administration raised the issue with the Tanzanian government recently, and it could be a point of discussion for Secretary of State Hillary ...National Geographic iPad app offers 50 Places of a Lifetime
May 13th, 2011 at 8:00AM: There is no doubt about it, the iPad has changed the way we consume media and altered how we define what a magazine is. Those of us who use Apple's insanely popular gadget have gotten use to the idea that our "magazine's" now include audio, video, and interactive elements that just aren't possible in the print versions. This is demonstrated perfectly in a new app from National Geographic, which ...See the Serengeti on foot with Mountain Madness
May 2nd, 2011 at 8:00AM: Adventure travel company Mountain Madness is well known for their incredible range of mountaineering and trekking options. Their well trained guides have the skill and knowledge to take clients to some of the most amazing destinations on the planet, including the tops of each of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. But if climbing Everest or Denali is a bit outside ...On safari in Kruger National Park
Mar 21st, 2011 at 8:30AM: The African safari remains one of the most amazing experiences that any traveler could hope to enjoy. The boundless wildlife that is on display there is one of the greatest natural wonders in the world, and watching those hundreds of different species in their natural habitats is a source of never ending wonder.
There are two classic destinations to experience the African safari, the Serengeti, ...Study says Serengeti Highway will impact migration
Feb 11th, 2011 at 8:00AM: The annual migration of hundreds of thousands of animals across the Serengeti plains of East Africa is amongst the most spectacular natural wonders in the entire world. Each year, giant herds of wildebeests, zebras, antelopes, elephants, and more make a pilgrimage across those open landscapes in search of food and water. But a new study finds that a proposed highway through the region could have ...Scientists recommend alternate route for proposed Serengeti Highway
Oct 29th, 2010 at 8:30AM: Back in July we posted a story about how the Tanzanian government had approved the construction of a new highway that would cut directly through the Serengeti National Park, which is home to a spectacular array of animal life. Officials explained how the new road was necessary in order to facilitate trade and continue economic development in the region, and that they expected the highway to have ...Wildebeest migration one of the natural wonders of the world
Jul 11th, 2010 at 1:00PM: Every year during this season, millions of wildebeest migrate northwards from Serengeti in Tanzania to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. It's part of their annual cycle of looking for green pastures and plentiful waters. Zebras, antelopes, and other animals come along too, with predators like lions and cheetahs hanging on the edges of the herds hoping to catch the slow or the weak.
The ...Save the Serengeti from a new highway
Jul 6th, 2010 at 8:30AM: One of the world's greatest natural wonders, the Serengeti is under threat from a new source after the Tanzanian government approved construction of a highway that would pass through the iconic African plains. The new highway would be built directly through the Serengeti National Park, and could have devastating consequences to the delicate ecosystem there, but fortunately there is already a ...Travel Recommendations for The Office
Jun 16th, 2010 at 11:30AM:
Back in the olden days, long before the Internet was born, there was this thing called a travel agent--typically semi-self-aware, middle-aged ladies who helped you pick out a nice vacation destination, find a hotel that was "so you" and then book your plane tickets printed on carbon paper, folded and then stuffed into fancy airline covers. The whole process was about inside relationships, ...The Best Places to View Wildlife
Mar 12th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Yesterday we posted an article with the top places to view penguins in the world. Here are five more amazing places to view wildlife from around the globe. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania The wide open grasslands of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania have one of the most impressive displays of wildlife that you could ever hope to see. Each year, one of the greatest natural spectacles on the ...What am I doing on a Sunday afternoon? Watching wildlife videos!
Oct 5th, 2008 at 4:30PM: It's sunny and mild outside, with just the slightest of breeze: the perfect fall day. But I'm holed up in my room, watching Youtube (Man vs. Wild episodes). But there's a much better way to be anti-social on a Sunday afternoon. It's called Fancast, a site with completely legitimate full length movies and television episodes. I just finished a 40-minute documentary on the Serengeti, narrated by ...
Kenya's Masai Mara
Apr 22nd, 2006 at 6:07PM: CNN's travel site is
featuring a really great
personal account of safari in Kenya's Masai Mara. The author, Leigh Murray, was lucky enough to visit Kenya
during the Great Migration, when more than a million wildebeest, zebras and other animals cross from the Serengeti into
the Masai Mara in search of fresh grass. It's a great read, especially when you read of the author's up-close
encounter ...
