Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Who doesn’t love elephants?! I recently came across an adorable video of a baby elephant playing in the ocean for the first time. Then I found a fascinating article in Nature on the discovery of elephant speech patterns and 70 …
Monday, December 5th, 2011
I have been on safari before – in Kenya and Tanzania – and they were really fabulous. That said, the Botswana and Namibia safaris I went on during my 19-day Acacia Africa Desert Tracker tour were mind-blowing!
Here’re the highlights …
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
I think Namibia’s desert landscape is one of the most beautiful in the world. The shapes and colors of the red dunes are haunting – particularly when seen in the early morning sunrise. Exploring Namibia’s desert was undeniably one of …
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
For me, the idea of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast has always had a romantic tinge to it. Thoughts of pirates and ship wrecks and isolated, rugged coastline filled my head….and I wasn’t far off! I finally got to see the Skeleton …
Monday, November 28th, 2011
I’m just off my fabulous Acacia Africa 19-day Desert Tracker tour. So now I’m immensely qualified to give advice on how to most enjoy your upcoming overland truck tour.
Here’s the skinny on how to thrive on big tires:
Cultivate …
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
I’m fresh off my Acacia Africa 19-day Desert Tracker safari and I had an amazing time!
A big part of the fun was all the activities we got to do – from helicopter rides over the Okavango Delta to sandboarding …
Monday, November 21st, 2011
Oh boy – Here comes the Okavango! Are you ready?!
I wasn’t ready. In fact, I wasn’t even sure where the Okavango Delta was (it’s in Botswana) before my Acacia Africa Desert Tracker safari and now it’s one of my …
Saturday, November 19th, 2011
I’ve been to Cape Town before – exactly 10 years ago. In 2001, South Africa’s apartheid government had been gone less than 10 years, and I took the opportunity to visit Robben Island, the District Six Museum, and Langa Township. …
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
I’ve always been enamored with idea of visiting the Kalahari Desert. Even the name “Kalahari” –meaning Land of Thirst — conjures up all that is intriguing about Africa. So I was thrilled that my Acacia Africa Desert Tracker safari took …
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
This is my second trip to Uganda. My first time was 5 years ago and I had a harrowing journey across Kenya to get to the Uganda border town of Tororo to work with a nonprofit group called Mifumi (still …