Category: Africa

Travel Inspiration: Rwanda Gorilla Trekking

Travel Inspiration: Rwanda Gorilla Trekking

Forget King Kong. He was a surly, steroid-shooting figment of Hollywood’s imagination, designed to keep the box office busy. Want to get up-close-and-personal with the real thing? If so, come with us on a mountain gorilla trekking adventure on the magnificent slopes of Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. We promise a life-changing experience. Kigali is [...]
Travel Inspiration: A Safari in East Africa

Travel Inspiration: A Safari in East Africa

You’ve come for the wildest wildlife, and East Africa won’t disappoint. Kenya’s magnificent Masai Mara and its vast neighbor in Tanzania, the Serengeti, are populated with creatures easy to spot on the treeless expanse. Ngorongoro Crater is a veritable microcosm of East Africa’s fauna. Tarangire is famous for its elephants. At Lewa and Ol Pejeta, [...]
Travel Inspiration: Essential Morocco

Travel Inspiration: Essential Morocco

Morocco intrigues, seduces, enthralls. We suggest you step back in time—drawing inspiration from our 11-day sample travel itinerary to Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, Volubilis, Meknes, and Marrakech. If you have more time, immerse yourself in the Sahara Desert. Spend some quality down time at Richard Branson’s Kasbah Tamadot in the Atlas Mountains. Consider a visit to [...]
Travel Inspiration: Egypt. Cairo and time on the Nile.

Travel Inspiration: Egypt. Cairo and time on the Nile.

Imagine this: the Great Pyramids at Giza, built before the wheel had been invented. The Avenue of the Sphinxes at Luxor Temple. The Cairo church where Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus paused to rest after fleeing from King Herod. Each visit on your Egyptian journey—Cairo, Giza, Memphis, Sakkara, the Nile, Luxor, and Aswan—opens a [...]