Adventure Photo: Lion

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Lion in South Africa. Photo credit: African Travel, Inc.

This is one of the stunning big cats spotted on the South Africa safari tour In The Footsteps of Mandela by African Travel, Inc.

On this adventure, South Africa’s culture, natural beauty and wildlife are explored during a stay at a luxury safari lodge.

Love lions? See Green Photos: Lions, a photo essay at our sister site TravelingGreener.com.

 

 

 

Mountain Cabin Holidays

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Far Meadow A-Frame Cabin. Photo credit: Boutique-Homes.com.

Mariana McConnell wrote this guest post on mountain cabin holidays in California.  She is a writer and travel lover currently scouring the globe for cool vacation rentals and small hotels on behalf of Boutique-Homes.com.

Dream of a California mountain cabin holiday?

Far Meadow is a holiday getaway made up of three cabins on twenty acres in the High Sierras of California, 7,000 feet above Bass Lake.

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A Water Safari Adventure

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Dhow safari transport. Photo credit: Exsus.

Looking for a luxury safari Africa adventure away from the crowds?

Head for the Quirimbas Archipelago in Northern Mozambique for an off-the-beaten-track water safari.

Explore the 7,500 square kilometres of Indian Ocean and 32 islands, in your very own dhow, from Ibo Island Lodge.

More than just stunning, white sandy beaches, this island-hopping journey will take you on a cultural journey, through sleepy fishing villages where life’s barely changed for centuries.

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How To Pack Light And Still Look Like A Girl

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Live Luggage Sports Bag. Photo credit: Live Luggage.

Leah Prendergast wrote this guest post about packing tips for women.

Packing for travel and adventure can be challenging.

If you’re a woman who feels like you need your entire shoe collection, you know you can’t pack and take everything with you.

Pre-travel planning will make it easy for you to be a globetrotter and look fabulous doing it.

Depending on your trip and itinerary, you’ll need to determine what individual items you take.  Rest assured women travel all over the globe successfully without requiring an entourage of porters carrying their designer handbag collections.

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A Camel Adventure

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A camel in Peru. Photo credit: i-to-i volunteering.

Planning to trek the Inca Trail?  Then you might fancy a camel conservation experience in Peru enroute with i-to-i volunteering.

Travelers to Peru can visit the Machu Picchu site and participate in a week’s camel conservation.  Volunteers will feed and care for these native animals and learn ancient Andean traditions including weaving camel wool.

The two-week adventure includes a homestay and guest house accommodation, meals with local families, airport pick-up, country orientation and 24-hour support.

For more info, visit the i-to-i volunteering site.

Hot Air Ballooning In Australia

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Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Central Australia. Photo credit: Tourism NT.

Feel like a hot air balloon adventure?  In Australia, hot air balloon flights have launched at  Uluru (Ayers Rock).

Travelers to Australia’s Red Centre will be able to see views of the iconic Uluru (Ayers Rock) (above) at dawn from a hot air balloon.

Outback Ballooning is featuring these 30-minute long flights over the Patji region just outside Uluru -Kata Tjuta National Park, with Uluru viewed from the south (depending on wind direction).

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Wild About Cheetahs

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Glamping at Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge, South Africa. Photo credit: Black Tomato.

Love cheetahs?  Then you’ll likely fancy the bespoke Wild about Cheetahs safaris in South Africa with luxury travel company Black Tomato.

Famed safari guide Peter Allison, author of Whatever you do, don’t run, and conservation photographer Marcy Mendelson guide these journeys in the best of South Africa’s cheetah regions in off-road vehicles.

During the Wild about Cheetahs experience, guests will have a chance to get up close to them while learning from cheetah experts. Following the fastest mammal on the planet, guests will gain exclusive access to game reserves in Africa.

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Boot Camp In Java

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Stunning Java mountain views. Photo credit: MesaStila.

Fancy a boot camp holiday?  Then look at Indonesia’s MesaStila which is running endurance training holidays.

Secluded on 55 acres of gardens and coffee plantation, the Java wellness retreat is an almost 100 year-old heritage property.  Overlooking eight surrounding volcanoes, MesaStila is situated 800 meters above sea level.

On these three-day, endurance holidays, participants will cycle the hills around four volcanoes and run in the jungle.

Retreat manager Bryan Hoare, a ten-time Ironman athlete and IM-Hawaii finisher, will lead the endurance training.

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