Safari

Tiger Hunting In Ranthambhore, India

Leora Novick | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Tigers, India, Adventure Travel, Outback, Travel, Asia, Safari, National Parks, Wildlife, Travel Blogs, Travel News

After reading The Jungle Book and discovering the quiet sense of dread, accompanied by a slight tingle up my spine that Sher Khan could induce, I vowed to one day meet this beast

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PHOTOS: A Day In The (Wild) Life Of The Okavango Delta

Jacada Travel | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Jacada-Travel, Luxury, Africa, Travel, Luxury Travel, Botswana, Travel Blogs, Safari, Wildlife, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Well known to be one of the world's premier wildlife destinations, our senior travel designer just got back from an outstanding trip to Africa.

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To See the Animals: Our Safari to Tanzania, Part 9, the Last Installment

Ken White | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Giraffe, Thoreau, Africa, Tanzania, Wildness, Safari, Safaris, Tanzania Safari, San Francisco News

We're happy to go home. We know that we have a lot to go back to, but we're also very much wanting to stay.

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Baboons Make Joy From A Puddle

Eliza Deacon | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: African-Wildlife, Safari Holiday, Safaris, Selous, Tanzania Travel, Safari Travel, Africa, Tanzania Safari, Luxury-Safaris, Travel, Tanzania, Safari, Wildlife, Baboons, Travel News

The so-called "green season" in Africa is often considered a slow time in terms of wildlife, but we've always found that at it throws some surprising moments into the mix.

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To See the Animals: Our Safari to Tanzania, Part 8

Ken White | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Tanzania, African Animals, Safaris, Tanzania Safari, Tanzania Travel, Safari, San Francisco News

I came here not knowing as well as I know now that each of us is a scant individual in a much larger scheme. I will leave here hoping to hold onto all of that.

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To See the Animals: Our Safari to Tanzania, Part 7

Ken White | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Predator-Prey Relationship, African Animals, Lions, Africa, Safari, Safaris, Tanzania Safari, Zebras, San Francisco News

Today is the day we got to add "frightened" to that long and otherwise completely happy and excited list of emotions which describe this journey. Today we were frightened in a way I've not been frightened before.

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To See the Animals: Our Safari to Tanzania, Part 6

Ken White | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Hyenas, Africa, African Animals, Lion Cubs, Lions, Predator-Prey, Tanzania, Safari, San Francisco News

There is so much to say about lions. These are striking animals. Habituated as they obviously are to our vehicles, one is almost drawn to reach out a hand to touch the lions. Almost... I suspect that would be a very good way to lose a hand.

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Oddballs Of The African Bush

Eliza Deacon | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Tanzania Travel, Africa, Safari Travel, Luxury-Safaris, Travel, Tanzania, African-Safaris, Safari, Wildlife, Travel News

We came across this elephant cow near the Mara river with a bizarrely twisted tusk.

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To See the Animals: Our Safari to Tanzania, Part 3

Ken White | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Cheetah, Lion, Elephants, Africa, African Animals, Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA, Evolution, Tanzania, Hippo, Safari, Phs-Spca, San Francisco News

Everywhere I turn, I am struck by strong and conflicting realities: the beauty of being here, and the fact that it is my own species' presence which has put this all at such risk.

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To See the Animals: Our Safari to Tanzania, Part 2

Ken White | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: African Safari, Wildlife Conservation, Leopard Tortoise, Wildlife, Safaris, Tanzania Safari, Tanzania, Safari, San Francisco News

I've cared for dozens of these animals over the years, neglected and discarded exotic pets I've helped to rescue and recover. This is really part of the hope and the magic of this journey: to see animals where they truly belong.

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To See the Animals: Our Safari to Tanzania

Ken White | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: African Wildlife, Tanzania, Elephants, Africa, Safari, Wildlife Safaris, Tanzania Safari, Tanzania Travel, San Francisco News

Back when my wife and I first married we promised ourselves that someday we'd travel to Africa and see the elephants and lions. We just fulfilled that promise by celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary on safari to Tanzania.

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Google, Privacy, and the Age of the Platform

Phil Simon | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Stanford, Safari, Apple, Google, Business News

Nowhere is it written that you have to watch videos on YouTube or write emails on Gmail. I've been pretty pro-Google and, a few weeks ago, I wrote a ...

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Sustainable Food on Safari: Salmon Trout at Londolozi Game Reserve (Video)

Liza de Guia | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Farming, Sustainable Food, Food Curated, Conservation, Chef Craig Paterson, South Africa, Video, Cooking, Africa, Green News, Food, Chef, Londolozi, Recipe, Safari, Seafood, Food News

Meet Executive Chef Craig Paterson from the Londolozi Game Reserve as he takes us through a colorful starter that speaks to the flavors of South Afric...

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Google Takes Heat Over Secret Tracking Revelation

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Google, Google Safari Tracking, Safari Google Tracking, Safari Google, Video, Google Tracking, Apple, Safari Tracking Google, Google Safari, Google Tracking Safari, Safari, Google Apple, Technology News

A Wall Street Journal report published Friday revealed that Google, along with several other companies, covertly tracked the online moves of users of...

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PHOTOS: New Safari Lodges In Southern Africa

Andrew Harper | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, South Africa, Botswana, Safari, Africa, Africa Travel, Travel News

The sophistication of these suites and the standard of the cuisine are as crucial to the experience as the quality of the wildlife-viewing.

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Michigan Woman Donates Thousands Of Hand-Made Dresses To Girls In Africa

trenton.patch.com | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Malawi, Taylor, Rachel O?Neill, Downriver, Little Dresses for Africa, Africa, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Metro South Church, Greatest Person of the Day, Trenton Church of Christ, Michigan, Safari, Impact News

Rachel O'Neill had no idea that taking a vacation to Africa to celebrate her 50th birthday would eventually land her on NBC's Nightly News with Brian ...

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Bank Moves To Track Customer Locations, Raising Privacy Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Google, Financial Industry, Video, Chrome, Google Chrome, Ally Financial, Ally Bank, Online Tracking, Online Privacy, Location Tracking, Safari, Privacy, Business News

A major U.S. bank is now tracking customer locations, raising concerns about online privacy. Ally Financial now requests to track the locations of ...

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A Happy Meal For The Chada Lion Pride

Eliza Deacon | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Tanzania Travel, Elephants, Safari Travel, Africa, Lions, Tanzania, Africa Travel, Safari, Travel Blogs, Travel News

It's never nice to lose an elephant, but it was ironically comforting to finally see one passing away from something other than a poacher's bullet.

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Africa Unplugged

Richard Bangs | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Kefue, Richard Bangs, Zambia Travel, Zambia, David Livingstone, Safari Travel, Africa, Africa Travel, Africa Wildlife, Safari, Travel Blogs, Southern Africa, Travel News

So many of the once secret paradises of the world are overrun with resorts and tourist dollars that it is easy to appreciate this uninterrupted view of the wild.

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PHOTOS: Stalking Tigers In Madhya Pradesh

Fathom | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, India, India Jungle, India National Park, Tiger Safari, Tigers, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Travel Blogs, Safari, Destinations, India Travel, Travel News

Jungle is a Hindi word. Where Africa has savannas and bush, India is thick with tropical groves, towering bamboo, sal and teak. Strangler vines rise 50 feet and creep from tree to tree.

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PHOTOS: Tanzanian Tug Of War Pits Leopard Against Crocodile

Eliza Deacon | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Tanzania Travel, Nomad Tanzania, East Africa Travel, Safari Travel, Africa, Slidepollajax, Tanzania, Africa Travel, Safari, Travel News

It was an epic battle that pitted the power house of an ancient dynasty against a smaller, more agile opponent.

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Astoria Characters: The Evolving Earth Mother

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Hansel and Gretel, Yoga, Astoria, Maria L. Delgado, Paralegal, Gingerbread House, Parisi Bakery, American Association of Drugless Practitioners, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Holistic Moms Network, Vallone & Vallone, Fairy, Astoria Characters, Safari, Teachers College of Columbia University, Fairyland, Gnome, New York News

"Welcome to Fairyland," says Maria L. Delgado. Maria does believe in fairies. Maria believes in a lot of other things, too: holistic medicine, organic foods, spirituality and mysteries.

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Sex Tourism In Senegal

Maya Lau | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: West Africa, Tourism, Sex, Africa, Senegal, Sex Tourism, Travel Blogs, Safari, Travel News

By night, the Europeans sit at long dinner tables by the pool, each of their arms slung around young Senegalese women. It's like they are all on a singles retreat or at a swingers' party. Everyone canoodles with everyone else.

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PHOTOS: Safari In Zimbabwe

Mark Sissons | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Africa Safari, Zimbabwe Travel, Mark Sissons, International Destinations, Zimbabwe, Slidefreestyle, Destinations, Africa Travel, Safari, Travel Blogs, Southern Africa, Travel News

After the decade of isolation and sanctions that followed President Mugabe's implementation of devastating economic and social policies, this former safari hub appears to be getting back on the tourism map.

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I'll Run the World Someday

Winnie So | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Inca Trail, Antarctica, Peru, Jordan, Australia, France, Marathon, Napa Valley, Petra, South Africa, Switzerland, Kenya, Running, French Riviera, Medoc, Mount Kilimanjaro, Safari, Ultramarathon, Galapagos Islands, Bordeaux, Great Wall, Slidepollajax, China, Travel News

For me, mixing travel with running is a great training motivator. So as a way to kick-start my marathon training after a knee injury, I decided to come up with my list of dream race destinations.

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