Arctic Booze Experiments Prove Popular On Social Media

With record-dipping low temperatures, a Chicago area distillery experiments with putting bottles of booze outside to see what happens. North Shore Distillery’s social media followers were amazed at what happened. Forbes – Forbes Travel Guide https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanettehurt/2019/01/31/arctic-booze-experiments-prove-popular-on-social-media/

10 Most Anticipated Hotel Renovations Of 2019

Forbes Travel Guide looks at the property makeovers most worthy of your attention this year. Forbes – Forbes Travel Guide https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2019/01/31/10-most-anticipated-hotel-renovations-of-2019/

Tracking chimps in the wild: an insider’s guide

With several parks offering chimping as an activity, how do you choose where to go? And what can you expect? By Emma Gregg. Animated, acrobatic and as politically savvy as a busload of MPs at election time, chimpanzees are fascinating to watch. You have to work for your sightings, but that’s part of the attraction. […]

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NBPA 2018 African Wildlife Photographer of the Year portfolio

We are proud of our association with the Nature’s Best Photography Africa competition, which celebrates the very best images of Africa’s diverse flora, fauna and landscapes. This portfolio represents the 10 images that collectively earned Gonnie Myburgh from Pretoria, South Africa, the prestigious African Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for 2018. Photography became an […]

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What is it really like on the ground in Zimbabwe, right now?

Anyone with half an eye on the news will know the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe is unsettled. If you are thinking about visiting Zimbabwe soon, or have a trip planned, you may be wondering whether it is safe to travel and how your travel experience might be affected. In these situations we always […]

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The story behind our unique page tag icons

Readers may have noticed a new set of icons used in the page tagging in Travel Africa, introduced in issue 85. These were created specially for us by the team at Tribal Textiles, a wonderful enterprise based in Mfuwe, near South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, as part of our mission to showcase authentic African creative […]

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Tanzania unwrapped

An insider’s overview from the experts at Steppes Travel. Why visit? A land of grassy plains, rift-formed lakes and pinnacle-like volcanoes, Tanzania’s exciting landscape is carpeted with wildlife to match. The Serengeti — with its iconic migration — and the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater capture most attention. But Tanzania’s appeal extends far beyond these, with baobab-strewn […]

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Self-drive Murchison Falls

For inexperienced visitor Steuart Laing, being independent made his Uganda adventure all the more memorable The road to Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park might not be paved with gold, but it is paved with fresh tar. China recently funded the highway and supervised its construction. Today tourists flock to the Murchison Falls National Park to […]

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Hamerkop: harbinger of doom?

  It’s early evening in a rural Swazi village. A brown bird cruises low overhead in buoyant, unhurried flight. At its sharp kek-kek call, an elderly gent looks up and tuts in disapproval. Thekwane is not welcome here. Birdwatchers might puzzle over how the hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) has earned such a bad rap. After all, […]

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10 Strange facts about porcupines

They’re unlikely to be helpful at your next quiz night, but could come handy during campfire chat on your next safari 1. The word ‘porcupine’ means ‘quill pig’ in Latin. However, porcupines have no relation to pigs: they are in fact a large rodent. 2. Porcupines can adapt to most habitats including dense wet forests […]

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