by Jessica on January 15, 2010
You don’t have to be a football fanatic to know that the World Cup is coming up in 2010. All over the world, people are gearing up for the big event - especially since it only happens every four years - but nowhere are they more excited about the world’s biggest sporting event than in this year’s host country of South Africa.
For most people going to see the World Cup, they’ve been planning their trip for months. Getting tickets to
by Peter Baxter on April 17, 2009
This year BootsNall World Adventures is offering a special training/photographic trip to the Serengeti and surrounding wildlife conservancies in the company of wildlife and ravel photographer Sam D’Cruz. This is a superb opportunity to test your wider photographic skills in one of the world’s premier eco-travel destinations, while enjoying, first class accommodation, trip organization, guiding and photo-technical expertise.
Your Resident Expert
Sam D’Cruz was born and lived in England for most of his life. Picking up a keen interest in photography
by Peter Baxter on April 6, 2009
The coast of Mozambique is a region of multiple charms, with 2000km or more of beautiful tropical coastline, a growing number of blended beach resorts, camps and lodges, a history that is ancient by any measure, and a collection of islands that form part of the Bazaruto Archipelago that are aptly named The Paradise Islands.
Vilanculos
This is one of Mozambique’s most attractive and important coastal towns, and is the main jump-off point for the Bazaruto Archipelago. It is situated about 20km
by Peter Baxter on March 30, 2009
The Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe has a curious history. It formed a bastion between Portuguese and British ambitions during the colonial period, and has a geographic distinction that tends to cast it in shades of Avalon rather than the central heartland of Africa.
It is a beautiful region of green forests, rolling hills and occasional rugged mountain peaks. It has in the past attracted a more genteel class of colonist – the Bengal Chancers as they were once known –
by Peter Baxter on March 30, 2009
Situated a few miles south of the small central Zimbabwean town of Gweru, Antelope Park is a private wildlife and conservation establishment geared primarily towards lion protection, conservation and research. It is the home of African Lion Environmental Research Trust (ALERT) and the world’s first Lion Rehabilitation & Release into the Wild Programme.
The Park
The Midlands of Zimbabwe could not be considered as an obvious destination for a facility like Antelope Park. This is the agricultural heartland of the country, and
by Peter Baxter on February 27, 2009
If medicine or health care beckons you as a career option, then one of the most valid avenues of experience available to you today is foreign volunteer work. With the many crippling healthcare challenges facing the continent, it is as a volunteer in Africa that you will experience one of the most rewarding ways of giving back. Volunteer travel is the caring alternative, and one of the most unique ways to visit a particularly diverse and interesting region of the