Tales from the Trail: Botswana Safaris February 18th, 2009 • by Karen Cleary Location: Mombo Camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta The Maned Lioness From the late 1990s until 2002, a rather peculiar lioness and her pride used the immediate vicinity of Mombo Camp in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. ‘Martina’, as she was named, was a huge muscular lioness with a mane resembling that of a four-year-old male… Read More »
See The World February 16th, 2009 • by Deborah Tobey Where have your shoes been? If the answer is neatly tucked away in your mudroom, or on your ottoman, take a look at this video. Why not walk through the jungles of Costa Rica, over volcanic islands in Ecuador, through the Gobi desert in Mongolia, or on the Inca Trail on a Peru hiking tour.… Read More »
Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu - Permits filling quickly February 11th, 2009 • by Karen Cleary Inca Tail Trek to Machu Picchu More and more, travelers who want to trek to Machu Picchu are seeking out alternative, less crowded and sustainably managed routes, where porters are more likely to be supported properly and the experience is an authentic wilderness trek away from the crowds of the ‘traditional’ Inca Trail. Boundless Journeys’… Read More »
Bhutan: The Coronation of a New King February 4th, 2009 • by Matt Holmes “I will never rule you as a King…I shall always serve you, day and night, in the spirit of kindness, justice and equality.” – King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. As president of adventure tour operations Boundless Journeys, I was recently honored to be invited to a very special occasion in the Kingdom of Bhutan. While… Read More »
Adventure Traveler's Health February 1st, 2009 • by Matt Holmes Staying healthy while on the trip of a lifetime. On an expeditionary rafting trip in Bolivia in 1995 I became violently ill (I’ll spare you the details) with giardia – an intestinal parasite after mistakenly drinking river water that I believed had been purified. It took a few rounds of antibiotics to get rid of… Read More »