Archive for Category: "Eco Travel"
Safari Through Uganda Where Seeing is Believing, Part 2
As the Nile River weaves and winds its way up Africa, it takes one turn to a special place found in Northern Uganda, Paraa Safari Lodge inside Murchison Falls National Park. Here is an oasis offering breathtaking scenery and a backyard that is teeming with giraffes, elephants, leopards and of course the King of the [...]
Voluntourism Spotlight: Mississippi Coastal Cleanup
It’s Thursday which means we’re highlighting another volunteer travel opportunity to add to our growing voluntourism archives. Check back each week for a new voluntourism spotlight and tune into Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio this weekend to hear even more about this opportunity. Now is a time to plan a trip to the gulf coast of [...]
Peer to Pier: Ecotourism & Birding in Tobago
Every eco-lodge has its own story and every proprietor a unique motivation, Meg Pier continues her Peer to Pier interview series in Tobago with Ean Mackay of Adventure Eco Villas. Meg Pier: When did you open Adventure Eco Villas? Ean Mackay: My father started Adventure Farm in 1972. His concept was to plant every type [...]
Voluntourism Spotlight: Restore French Castles
Each Thursday we highlight an new experience from our extensive listings of volunteer travel (a.k.a voluntourism) opportunities. Check back each week for a new voluntourism spotlight and tune into Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio this weekend to hear even more about this opportunity. If you want to preserve France’s history and architecture, then La Sabranenque, a non-profit [...]
Safari Through Uganda Where Seeing is Believing
North of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, Paraa Safari Lodge is right inside the Murchison Falls National Park. It’s a beautiful place designed to stimulate the senses. You’ll hear the roar of one the world’s largest waterfalls and spot some of nature’s most beautiful wild animals. From the moment you arrive, wildlife greets you with curiosity. [...]
Peru’s Wilder Side: Go Beyond Machu Picchu to the Manu Biosphere
The mystical ruins of Machu Picchu are not the last undiscovered treasure in Peru. Lynn Langway reports from the Manu Biosphere Preserve, an unspoiled wilderness in the Southeastern Amazon basin that neither the Incas nor the Spanish ever conquered—and most travelers still miss. The red howler monkeys had barely finished roaring at the dawn when our [...]
Travel Tip: Unusual Ways to Whale Watch
Winter means its whale-watching season as whales migrate south to warm, shallow waters. There are plenty of boat cruises leaving from Dana Point in Southern California. But what’s cool about Captain Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari is that the catamaran has an underwater viewing pod. This is much more experiential than a typical glass-bottomed boat. Be [...]
The Chilling and Thrilling List: Abacos, Bahamas
A resort getaway may aim to keep you on property spending money, but Donna M. Owens heads to the Bahamas to find chilling and thrilling ways to relax like the locals outside the resort’s prescribed activities. When I plan an island escape, I want the requisite chill factor—sun, surf and palm trees—as well as adventurous [...]
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