We hadn’t even finished unloading the car when Hal called to me from our patio area. “There’s a cheetah at the waterhole!” What? We’d only just arrived at the Kalahari Tented Camp and already there was a predator outside our door. We left our bags in the car and dug out our cameras and binoculars. [...]
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If you are driving into the Kgalagadi Transfontier Park through South Africa, the first restcamp that you’ll find is Twee Rivieren (Afrikaans for Two Rivers) and it is the best place to stay for your first night in the park. Don’t feel the need to drive deep into the park, there are great wildlife sightings [...]
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The Long Journey Home A Green Sea Turtle paddles her long flippers, propelling herself up to the surface of the sea. With an explosive burst of air through her nostrils, she notices that the sun has finally set. Tonight is the night. Having traveled hundreds of miles across open ocean, she has found her way [...]
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Where Indiana Jones Would Have Stayed If you dreamt of being Indiana Jones when you were kid, you can finally live out your fantasies at the Maya ruins of Calakmul. It is a real-life lost city, an ancient Maya metropolis buried deep in the jungle in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, and it’s crawling with [...]
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Villa Los Mangles Apartments Holbox Island in Mexico is famous for one thing: Whale Sharks. However, if you are determined to see them, you should give yourself plenty of time. We waited four days for Hurricane Ernesto to pass before we could go out on our whale shark tour. For that reason, we were thankful [...]
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