African Safaris
Rhino poaching has reached epidemic proportions across the African continent. Even though the international trade in rhino horn has been banned since 1977, rising consumer demand has continued to fuel criminal syndicates that brutally kill rhinos for their horns.
African Safaris
Upon gaining its independence in 1990, Namibia became one of the first countries in the world to include environmental protection in its constitution. Today, nearly half this country’s landmass is designated as national parks, communal conservancies, and private wilderness reserves.
African Safaris
Due largely to the high value of powdered rhino horns in traditional Chinese medicine, poachers killed 98 percent of the rhinos in Africa between 1960 and 1995. Even now, rhino populations continue to decline rapidly around the world.
African Safaris
We’ve compiled some of the best safari deals for 2015 right here in one beautifully-wrapped little package. It’s not too late to escape the winter or plan a summer vacation! Click on a trip below to see the itinerary and details. LAST MINUTE: January through March 2015 Why go?
Travel Tales
The people of Namibia possess a hard-to-grasp reverence for their landscape. No matter how little rain falls on the southern African country, or how strongly an unforgiving sun bakes the earth, or how swirly dust devils get when they whip across dry river beds, Namibians still respect the natural assets that surround them.
Travel Tales
While visiting the Damaraland region of Namibia, WWF’s Elissa Poma joined a researcher and trackers from Save the Rhino Trust to go out in search of endangered black rhinos. Below is an excerpt of her journal from that morning.
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Namibia’s ominously named Skeleton Coast is one of the wildest and strangest corners of Africa. It also happens to offer one of the continent’s most unique and thrilling safari experiences. It encompasses the country’s remote northern Atlantic coast from Angola in the North to the Swakop River in the South.
Travel Tips
This is a guest post by Matt Kareus, Editor in Chief of The Safarist and About Galapagos, and Executive Director of the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association. Many of our planet’s most iconic species are reeling from the effects of climate change, habitat loss, the rapidly growing illegal wildlife trade, and other serious threats.
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It’s easy to get depressed these days if you care about the natural world and pay attention to the news coming out of Africa. The continent’s wildlife is being slaughtered at an unprecedented rate to meet the ever-growing demand for illegal wildlife products in Asia’s markets.
Nature Photography
The 2014 Travel Photographer of the Year awards have been announced, and the winners are nothing short of astounding. If you happen to be going to London in 2015, check out the exhibition in person at the Royal Geographical Society from July 24-September 5, 2015.
African Safaris
Be one of the first to experience the new Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp in Namibia’s stark Northwest, with prime access to the coast’s most remote regions and unique, desert-adapted animals! Enjoy our special opening offer: $675 off a 10-day all-inclusive safari, including a scenic flight over Namibia’s fabled and dramatic Skeleton Coast!
African Safaris
There’s much more to an African safari than the iconic wildlife that draws most people there. Namibia is no exception. Often, there is just as much wonderment in things like Namibia’s enchanting quivetrees, mysterious dead camelthorn treas, and the ethereal night sky blanketed with millions of swirling stars.
