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

Help for PA’s planning employers’ holidays

You’ve been asked to plan your boss’s holiday. You’re a professional PA so of course you will do it, and to the very best of your ability. But you’re not a travel specialist, and there is a lot to planning

A socially-responsible trek in Peru

Mountain Lodges of Peru wins international TO-DO contest Two years after the opening of the first trans-Andean lodge-to-lodge trek to Machu Picchu, Mountain Lodges of Peru (MLP)

Selous & Ruaha offer

If you fancy visiting the superb Tanzanian game reserves of Selous and/or Ruaha this year, the Selous Safari Company has just launched a new offer. For