Before planning your next trip to Africa, make sure you read travel expert Wendy Perrin’s Top Rules for a Successful Vacation. Wendy’s experience as a columnist for Condé Nast Traveler has given her priceless insight into how to create the trip of a lifetime. The staff at EXPLORE pay close attention to her advice! STEP 1: Get out a calendar for the next 365…
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Road Scholar Traveler Blog: Wild Africa | Botswana and Zambia
Ronya, a recent EXPLORE traveler, kept an insightful and entertaining daily blog during her recent trip to Africa on one of our Botswana and Zambia programs with Road Scholar. See her note below and check out her packing list and daily blog here! I recently went on the “Wild Africa: Botswana and Zambia” tour in Sept 2011. I am retired, have traveled quite…
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Emirates Air introduces new 2012 flights into Lusaka!
We are happy to announce that Emirates Air will start flying into Lusaka next year as it continues to expand to destinations throughout Africa. Zambia and Zimbabwe will be linked with five flights in a week from Dubai, starting from February 1, 2012. This makes it very easy for travelers to visit the Seychelles before coming on safari in Zambia…
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Know your camera before going on safari!
It’s taken me until 2011 to join the digital age. I’ve been to Africa over a dozen times to different areas and always come home with mediocre pictures at best (or none at all). I had a trip to East Africa planned in March so I went out and splurged on a quality digital camera. We always put in our…
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Packing Tips for your Safari
While you may have the urge to pack everything you think you could ever need on a trip to Africa, one of the most important tips that we can give you is to pack light. It is a hassle to haul those heavy bags around and most charter planes only allow you to bring one soft sided bag that weighs…
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Malaria?… Yellow Fever?… What are they?
You’ve probably heard about malaria and yellow fever in Africa, but for many people, that is as far as their knowledge about these diseases goes. Since both of these diseases are prevalent in Africa, we thought we’d give you a little more information. Malaria is caused by a parasite that is transmitted from one human to another by the bite…
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TRAVEL KIT for High Adventure Trips
Items you can’t leave behind for your high adventure trip… ESSENTIALS Superglue and Duct Tape – Used for cuts. Clean the wound, superglue it and apply duct tape for protection. Plastic Film Canister – If you are caught with diarrhea and cannot get to a clinic, put a sample in a canister and have a compassionate fellow traveler take the…
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When to go on Safari in Southern Africa
Kind Thanks to Kevin Leo Smith who complied this wonderful and insightful calendar… This calendar is designed to highlight the benefits of a safari during every month of the year (it was originally written for Botswana but applies to most of Southern Africa). We are often asked “what is the best time of the year to go on safari?”… this…
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