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Tanzania Serengeti

The Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region in Africa. It is located mainly in northern Tanzania and extends into south-western Kenya

Masai Mara Reserve

Maasai Mara is National Reserve  is in Narok County, Kenya; contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. Maasai Mara provides a...

Beauty of the world’s mountains

Mountains are breathtakingly beautiful and remind us how small we are. At the same time, when we look up at mountaintops, a part of...

National parks must be for people, plants, pumas – not Big Oil

Huge swathe of new “protected natural area” in the world is included within an oil and gas concession run by companies. Huge swathe of...

Great Barrier Reef to catch it before it’s gone

While this may be great news for the tourism industry in Australia, it's bad news for the coral reefs. There's a vicious cycle at play here: tourists travel to see a destination before it disappears, but in so doing they contribute to its demise, either directly through on-site pressures or through greenhouse gas

Disney Travel

I had to put this one on here, of course, because it doesn’t really fit into any of the other groups. Amusement park travel, perhaps? There may be an element of “beachy” vacation in there, but it’s certainly not all of it.

City Trips

These trips take place in a big city. Decbe Chicago, New York, D.C., London, or Paris. Or maybe slightly smaller cities, like St. Louis, Houston, or Springfield (any of them). But the main point of these trips is usually to do some sightseeing. City travel may be more fast-paced than some would like for a vacation, but the great thing about it is that there are always endless possibilities of things to do and see (and taste!)

Bhutan The key to joy?

Citizens of one of the happiest countries on Earth are surprisingly comfortable contemplating a topic many prefer to avoid. Is that the key to joy? I think these trips are great because there are so many different cities out there.