Many visitors to Bwindi just track gorillas for one day and the UWA advises that they have a 98% success rate on people actually seeing gorillas. However, I’d come all this way and was not going to leave anything to
Africa
Uganda: Part 1
It was not without a tear in my eye that we bid farewell to Sasakwa. The sweeping green vistas from the terrace will be forever engraved in my mind. We flew from the Grumeti air strip to the Kilimanjaro Airport
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Africa
Sensational Sasakwa
We rearranged our one full day at Sasakwa, moving the board meeting to the middle of the day and taking advantage of the early morning and late afternoon light for game drives. It is indeed a special privilege to experience
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Africa
Up, Up and Away: Ballooning over the Serengeti
The 3:30 a.m. wake up call may have deprived us of some sleep, but the anticipation of what laid ahead was plenty of incentive to get out of bed, gather cameras and meet our group in the lobby for 4:30
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Africa
Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater
Arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport, we were fast tracked through passport control and customs. Visas are available on arrival for $100 for anyone who’d not obtained them in advance. I was invited to Tanzania to attend the Abercrombie & Kent
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Africa
Giraffe Manor, Nairobi
We arrived into Nairobi after dark and were whisked through passport control and customs by the A&K team. A 45-minute drive took us to the exclusive suburb of Karen where we would spend a much anticipated night at Giraffe Manor,
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Ireland
Ireland’s Miraculous Bounty
Landing in Dublin, what immediately caught my eye were myriads of healthy little sheep grazing busily in verdant fields of green, welcoming us to the Emerald Isle! My first stop was Dublin, which is a stunning city, the perfect mix
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Chile
EcoCamp Patagonia
I spent the day with my fishing guide Rafael Gonzalez inside Torres del Paine National Park driving around and scouting the Rio Serrano River. We had finished a great day of fly fishing together when we pulled into the driveway
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Montana
Horseback Riding at The Ranch at Rock Creek
Winter in Montana can be cold and subject to varying weather conditions, but that does not mean that the adventure has to be put on hold. I opted to go horseback riding alongside a stretch of Rock Creek that runs