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10 Latin America Blogs You’ll Love

July 19th, 2010

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Travelers from Norte a Sur – Una Ruta…5 Experiencias, a new site and TV series airing this fall on Discovery.  Photo credit: PRNewsFoto/Levi’s

Planning a Latin American journey?  Be inspired and informed (paperlessly) by travel sites sharing Latin America travel experience and expertise.

Take the exciting, new, interactive site Norte a Sur – Una Ruta…5 Experiencias (North to South: One Route, 5 Experiences).

The site chronicles the journey of five, young American Latinos traveling along the Pan-American Highway, Alaska to Argentina.

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5 Budget Holidays You’ll Love

May 4th, 2010

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Fancy a green budget holiday?  traveling greener loves UK ethical travel company responsibletravel.com and its diverse holidays worldwide.

Here are 5 Budget Holidays You’ll Love:

1. Thailand budget holiday. “Express tour of northern Thailand.”

2. South America overland tour. “A cross-continental South America adventure.”

3. Budget vacation in Egypt. “Discover over fifty centuries of Egyptian history.”

4. Budget camel safari in Morocco. “Experience a true nomadic lifestyle in Morocco.”

5. Learn to surf  holiday in Spain.  “A week of surf and adventure in beautiful Northern Spain.”

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New Equestrian Vacations

April 20th, 2010

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Fancy an eco-friendly horseback riding adventure?

If you’re a fan of PBS travel TV series Equitrekking, Darley Newman is also hosting new equestrian vacation company Equitrekking Travel.

Says Newman:

“I travel the world riding horses with local people to discover history, culture, wildlife and beautiful natural settings. Horseback riding is an eco-friendly, active way to explore a new area and with the right local guide, you can learn insider’s information not found elsewhere. Riding with local guides, which we promote, also helps strengthen local communities by supporting small horse businesses.”

Equitrekking Travel specializes in horseback riding adventures in Iceland, Jordan, Costa Rica and South America.  The company will often stay in family-owned environmentally-friendly inns and ranches, like La Salamora, a small working Uruguay estancia which is wind powered.

For more info, check out Equitrekking Travel’s site.

Photo credit: Chip Ward of Equitrekking

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Photo Adventures In Argentina

March 11th, 2010

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Fancy a photo adventure in Argentina?   Creative Adventures has announced a new 6-day photo adventure holiday to Argentina this November.

British equine photographer Astrid Harrisson will lead Adventure: Argentina 2010, Nov 8-13, 2010, and take travelers off-the-beaten-track into gaucho country. On this photography escape, the company says travelers will experience life on an Argentine estancia.

In the Sierra Chicas, north west of Buenos Aires, Estancia Los Potreros will be the photography holiday venue.  Los Potreros is a 6,000-acre organic farm which is known for its hospitality and horses.

Set within a protected sanctuary, the estancia offers an “unspoilt landscape of sweeping vistas and condors soaring overhead and a chance of a puma sighting.”  Photographic highlights will include sunrise over the sierras and afternoons spent with gauchos.  Horse-riding activities will range from exploring on horseback and playing polo.

In the evenings, there will be Argentine Malbec, South American skies, home-cooked meals and reviewing and editing the day’s photography.

Throughout this photo adventure in Argentina, Harrisson will offer photographic support and guidance.  Participants will also be invited to submit pictures for a photography competition at the holiday’s end.

For more info, check out Creative Adventures online.

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How To Cycle The World (In Luxury)

February 11th, 2010
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If you love luxury bicycle trips, then DuVine Adventures and its global bicycle tours might be your speed.

The cycling tour company has launched a new website with brand new 2o1o itineraries: Cycling in Croatia and multi-sport tour in the Galapagos & Ecuador. Also a new blog shows images from bicycling tours; pages on the bikes, guides, wine, and history of each destination and thousands of travel tips.

Since 1996, DuVine Adventures has specialized in personalized cycling tours in Europe (France, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia); North America, South America and South Africa.  Their travelers cycle and stay in the best hotels, eat gourmet cuisine and taste world-class wines.

For more info, visit DuVine Adventures online.

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Cycling Cairo to Cape Town

January 26th, 2010

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Fancy cycling across Africa?   Then you might want to check out small, socially responsible bike tour company Tour d’Afrique.

The Toronto-based, bike tour company is named for its annual flagship tour that crosses the African continent from Cairo to Cape Town (7,500 miles in 120 days).

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Gap Adventures’ Top 10 New Trips

November 23rd, 2009

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Gap Adventures is increasing its worldwide offerings by 185 new trips in 2010.   The company is featuring dozens of new destinations, a new trip style and an expanded list of activity options.

Here are Gap’s Top 10 New Trips for 2o10:

1. Paris to Prague Adventure

2. Project Kenya and Safari

3. Budget Galapagos

4. Istanbul to Cairo Adventure

5. Thailand Sailing – Koh Phi Phi to Phuket

6. El Salvador Express

7. Mayan Encounter

8. Machu Picchu Adventure

9. Vic Falls to Zanzibar Overland

10. Sail Belize

For more trips, visit GapAdventures.com.

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Is “Eco-pricing” A Travel Trend?

October 27th, 2009

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Is “eco-pricing” a new travel trend?

Eco-tour provider Natural Habitat Adventures has announced new  “Eco-Pricing” with its local operators, hotels and transportation providers around the world.  They’re hoping to increase traveler visits through savings to sensitive habitats including U.S. grizzly territory, Mexico’s winter home for monarch butterflies, South America, India and Africa.

An exclusive Conservation Travel Provider to World Wildlife Fund, the award-winning company has been named a 2009 Best Adventure Travel Company by National Geographic Adventure and a 2009 World’s Best Tour Operator by Travel + Leisure.

Says Natural Habitat Adventures founder and director Ben Bressler:

“We’ve always been innovators in responsible tourism – from being the first U.S. tour company to go carbon neutral to creating the first hybrid safari vehicle – and we’re always looking for that next idea. It suddenly hit us that in tough economic times perhaps the biggest idea is the simplest: Lower prices mean more travel – which means more support for threatened places. You’ll see our Eco-pricing logo all over our catalog and website, and we’ve had a great response to those efforts. It’s not a discount for discount’s sake; it’s clearly tied to our broader environmental mission, and that deeper message seems to resonate with our guests.”

The company’s Eco-Pricing program offers savings on 25+ Natural Habitat Adventures’ small-group experiential nature expeditions.

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