'Conscious travel brings me closer to the things that matter, the people and how they’d like their stories told.’
Dawn Bradnick Jorgensen, The Incidental Tourist
Travelling Solo? These Tips will guide your way.
Travelling Solo? Sometimes you need to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life and move out for a little while. Work and responsibilities can weigh on your shoulders sometimes, and it’s only a matter of time before you cave under pressure.
10 Places You Should Visit In The USA.
The USA. America is the fourth-largest in the world area-wise and contains lots of historical landscapes. From our West Coast to the Eastern Seabord, there are several highlights for local tourists.
Russia’s Lake Baikal, Siberia.
So large that it is often mistaken for a sea, Russia’s Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by volume.
Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, a patchwork of desert basins.
A sprawling patchwork of desert basins, rocky terrain, and mountain ranges, the Gobi Desert reveals itself in pockets of stark scenery and silence-dominated desolation.
Lebanon’s Beirut, crowded, chaotic and consummately addictive.
Fast-paced, voguish, and overwhelmingly friendly, Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is crowded and chaotic. With soul, diversity, and an intoxicating atmosphere, it is a city that you will find instantly addictive.
Gorilla trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is old, complex, and biologically rich. It is also home to half the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. Bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo and located in the southwestern corner of Uganda,
Madagascar’s Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.
If I say Madagascar, do you say lemur? The one thing that everybody seems to know about Madagascar, the rather large piece of land that broke away from the African continent, is that its lemurs followed a unique natural evolution.
Israel’s Tel Aviv, savvy liberalism on the warm Mediterranean.
Tel Aviv, a city on Israel’s Mediterranean coast is best known for its cultural astuteness, liberalism, Mediterranean beaches, incredible food, and nonstop nightlife. Not to mention the savvy tech companies and high-rise buildings that line the shore.
India’s Taj Mahal, a symbol of devotion and love.
Perhaps the greatest love story is that which saw Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan build a magnificent monument, the Taj Mahal, as a tribute to his wife and Queen, Begum Mumtaz Mahal, a Persian princess who died giving birth to their 14th child.
China’s Zhangjiajie, land of Hunan towering peaks and pinnacles.
Zhangjiajie, a city in the northwest of China’s Hunan province, is home to the famed Wulingyuan Scenic Area, a protected zone that encompasses thousands of jagged columns, many rising hundreds of feet into the sky.
Five Cape Gourmet Restaurants That Honour the Change In Season.
Five Cape Gourmet Restaurants That Honour the Change In Season.
Reasons South Africans should travel locally.
Five reasons South Africans should travel locally.
Small South African Inland Towns To Visit.
My Favourite Small South African Towns To Visit.
Tembo Plains in the Sapi Private Reserve, Zimbabwe. Rewilding the land of the elephants.
Tembo Plains in the Sapi Private Reserve, Zimbabwe. Rewilding the land of the elephants.
Anurak Ecotourism Lodge in Southern Thailand.
I miss travelling in Thailand, something that I was lucky enough to do regularly while contributing to the Tourism Authority of Thailand blog for years. It was therefore exciting to read about the reopening of
Cape Town, the self-proclaimed sweetheart of South Africa.
The self-proclaimed sweetheart of South Africa, Cape Town is alluring from the moment of arrival.
