Tangled World

No zoo in the Masai Mara

Many of travel industry colleagues in Kenya fought since late 2008 to stop a ‘cheetah zoo’ being built inside (of all places!) the Masai Mara. Building started quite a while ago, and even whilst conservationists and others fought to

Conservation in the Galapagos Islands

        In 1998 Ecuador’s largest tour operator and conservation-in-tourism pioneer, Metropolitan Touring, established Fundación Galápagos-Ecuador. This is the first ever initiative by tourism’s

An insight into guide training in Malawi

Malawi at the forefront of guide training        Wikus Swanepoel of Wilderness Safaris in Malawi explains about recent guide training Our guide training course for Malawi for 2009

Volcanic eruption in Galapagos Islands

This dramatic scene was viewed by travellers in the Galapagos Islands last week. It was La Cumbre Volcano on the the western side of Fernandina Island, the youngest of the Galapagos Islands. 

The case of the curious noise

In Africa you get used to the usual daily noises and the unusual cannot be missed. It has to be said that the rainy season brings new harmonies:

A tall order for a lioness!

This is an amazing wildlife travel snippet we’ve been sent from Saruni Samburu Camp in Kenya. Two clients from the Netherlands had an incredible sighting in Samburu National Reserve. These