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REVIEW of Acacia Africa

REVIEW of Acacia Africa: Desert and Delta Express Tour

Last month, I got to fulfill a childhood dream and travel to southern Africa.  My sister Alisha and friend Sejeong went with me, and after a great deal of research on Alisha’s part, we decided to make this journey with Acacia Africa.  There were several reasons for choosing them.  They have a reputation for sustainable, …

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Category: Botswana, Namibia, Tour Reviews, ZambiaTag: botswana, cultural trip, desert, endangered species, epic, great view, lake, namibia, national park, road trip, roadtrip, sunset, The World, tour, zambia

The Great Pacific Northwest Roadtrip

The Great Pacific Northwest Road Trip

I love a good road trip.  There’s nothing quite like the feeling of setting off to some distant place, knowing it will take you days to reach it, not knowing what adventures await you along the way.  There are many reasons I enjoy living outside of the US, but few places can rival my homeland’s …

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Category: California, Oregon, USA, WashingtonTag: architecture, california, desert, epic, food porn, great view, hike, history, lake, national park, oregon, river, road trip, roadtrip, sea, sunset, USA, washington

Game Drives in Etosha National Park with Acacia Africa

Etosha National Park with Acacia Africa

My interest in Namibia began with nature documentaries.  For some reason, deserts fascinated me  — I think it was the utter foreignness of it.  I’d never seen a place that was seemingly so barren, so devoid of life.  But I quickly learned that these dry places that seem so desolate on the surface can be …

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Category: NamibiaTag: desert, endangered species, epic, favorite, great view, lake, namibia, national park, tour

Under the Stars in Spitzkoppe

Under the Stars in Spitzkoppe

You would’ve loved this place, brother.  It was wild, raw, elemental.  The type of place that makes you realize how you fit into the universe and be thankful for your capacity to experience just a fraction of what it has to offer.  You would’ve loved the rocks, red with iron and worn down by millennia …

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Category: NamibiaTag: desert, great view, hike, history, namibia, road trip, roadtrip, sunset, writing

Camping in the Okavango Delta

Camping in the Okavango Delta with Acacia Africa

The Okavango Delta is an aberration of Nature — a river delta which never reaches the sea. Instead, the waters of the Okavango drain into the arid plains of the Kalahari Desert in northwestern Botswana — creating a lush and fertile haven for all manner of flora and fauna.  We arrived at Maun, the access …

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Category: BotswanaTag: botswana, desert, endangered species, epic, great view, national park, river, tour

My Stay at Elephant Sands

Tales from the Watering Hole: My Stay at Elephant Sands

You are stuck inside the confines of a vehicle for most safari experiences, jostling for space with other tourists and using what wiggle room you have to get the best angle for your photography.  That’s the norm.  But there are some places where wildlife comes to you, and the barriers separating you are non-existent.  Elephant …

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Category: BotswanaTag: botswana, desert, endangered species, epic, great view, lake, national park, tour

Reasons to Climb Kilimanjaro

Five Epic Reasons to Climb Kilimanjaro

Africa is known for many things: its stunning wildlife, a staggering variety of cultures, and jaw-dropping landscapes.  One thing it’s not known for is mountains.  There is one peak, however, which draws thousands of visitors each year, and it looms over the Tanzanian savanna like a slumbering giant.  It’s a dormant volcano that towers nearly …

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Category: TanzaniaTag: africa, desert, endangered species, epic, great view, hike, national park, tanzania

How to Get to Davit Gareja from Tbilisi

How to Get to Davit Gareja from Tbilisi

One of the perks of living in a country as small as Georgia is the relatively short amount of time in which you can access nearly any part of the country.  Tbilisi is a great base from which you can do a number of awesome day trips.  Visiting Gergeti Trinity Church at Kazbegi is one.  Exploring …

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Category: Azerbaijan, GeorgiaTag: architecture, azerbaijan, desert, fortress, Georgia, great view, hike, history, temples

Atop the Walls of Jaisalmer

Atop the Walls of Jaisalmer

I write this from the shores of Lake Te Anau, on the saturated fringes of Fiordland National Park.  Here in the midst of lush forests and craggy fiords, I find myself missing the desert.  Dunes, the endless expanse of featureless scrub-lands, baggage trains of camels… and I miss that crumbling fort at the edge of the …

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Category: IndiaTag: architecture, desert, fortress, great view, history, India, sunset, temples, The World

Zip-lining from the walls of Mehrangarh Fort

Flying Fox Zipline in Jodhpur

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” – Leonardo da Vinci I’ve been on ziplines before.  Once between the slopes of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains in British Columbia, the other time in the Herb Hillz …

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Category: IndiaTag: architecture, desert, epic, fortress, great view, India, zip-line

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