Baobab Tree
Standing tall on the sunburnt African plains, baobab trees tower over the landscape like great living monuments. The colossal form of these trees is matched by their usefulness, for they provide shade, shelter, water and food for a wide variety of creatures. A leafless Baobab at Matesti shows off its taut, muscle-like branches.
Baobabs may [...]
There are so many things you have to take care of before traveling. Here is a checklist which will be helpful.
PRE-DEPARTURE
Read the Travel Advisory for your destination
Passport
Visa
Health Documentation
Transportation Tickets
Emergency Information
Insurance
The East African travel event, a travel agent and tour operator meet, is arranged below Mt. Kilimanjaro and the crater of Mt. Meru in May of every year.
Originally started to showcase East African tour operators and destinations, the Karibu Travel and Trade Fair has been so successful that it’s reputation has spread to the travel [...]
I’m just back from a safari to the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. We saw the big five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino & cheetah) but the most impressive was the ‘migration’. We were on the Serengeti short-grass plains, and as far as the eye could see were wildebeest, with the odd zebra family mingling in the [...]
For those who are planning their first safari in Africa, it is slightly difficult to imagine what to expect.
In fact, there is no typical safari day in Africa, as each day brings in new experiences, magic and excitement, though notionally they sound the same. A very broad generalization might be as follows.
A day’s experiences depend [...]
Africa’s rarest carnivore was discovered on 5th Jan’07. Jackson’s Mongoose, previously only known in Kenya, has been photographed in Tanzania’s mountain forests.
Jackson’s Mongoose has round, broad ears, with yellow fur on the neck and throat, and a white bushy tail. It is a close relative of the bushy-tailed mongoose, and is poorly known; previous records [...]
The climate varies from tropical along the coast to temperate in the highlands. Its hot in the savanna regions and cold in the highland plateau, and well below freezing temperatures on the summit of Kilimanjaro, especially at night.
The seasonal variations in temperature are not extreme. Coastal regions are tropical and humid. The average temperatures moderated [...]
Planning For A Successful Trip
Your trip to East Africa should be enjoyable, memorable and free from trouble. Nevertheless, traveling in any developing country carries some risks, which is why careful planning will pay dividends. Almost half our emergency evacuations involve visitors, and large [...]
Whether you plan to sightsee, take part in adventure tourism or simply soak up the sun, it really pays to be well informed and prepared to avoid any unwanted frustration or wasted time or money.
These are a few things that are often overlooked by even the savviest of travelers. After all, there are so many [...]
The Dallas World Aquarium is actually much more than an aquarium though it’s name suggests differently. It houses a variety of animals- mostly those from tropical areas of the world- in their natural habitat in a series of specially designed eco-systems. This makes the visitors feel as if they are walking around the world as [...]
