Morocco is a hugely diverse country full of amazing landscapes and beautiful people and you might be wondering how many days to spend in Marrakech. Marrakech is a vibrant and intense city. There are many things to do in Marrakech, but I think most can be done with 3 days in Marrakech. Our guide to …
Africa
An overland safari through Africa is an incredible experience and one of the few affordable ways to travel Africa. For us, and I am sure many other people, we didn’t know what to expect on an overland safari. So we put this guide together to give some insight of what life is like on an …
I have been lucky enough to get in front of some pretty amazing wildlife during my travels, including a 43-day African safari and a trip out to the Galapagos Islands. I have summed up my experiences into five short tips that will help you get the best pictures of wildlife—ordered in terms of importance, with …
It was like a scene from an old movie. Riding camels along the dune field at sunset. This was the reason I came to Morocco. For many years, I dreamed of coming to Morocco. There has always been an exotic allure to the country for me. No part of Morocco had captured my imagination more …
Our 14-day tour of Morocco highlights kicked off in Casablanca where we met up with our tour mates and our guide. Most people staying at the departure hotel were on our tour so meeting people was easy and we toured the city together before the departure meeting. Over the course of our two weeks, we …
Today is our 500th travel day! When we started planning our RTW trip it was going to be just over a year, and here we are in Morocco 500 days later… and no end in sight on our RTW trip. Let’s look back at all the countries we have had the privilege of “GETTING STAMPED” in …
160 kilometers from Cape Town, South Africa lies a very special body of water. Gansbaai is the name, it’s at the bottom of Africa where the rough Atlantic meets the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. There is no place on the planet with a larger population of Great White Sharks, this is the perfect …
Today we climb Dune 45 and watch the sunrise over the Namibian sand dunes. We had a fiery orange and pink sunrise the morning we climbed dune 45.
Coming from Thailand the land of massages we thought we were spoiled there, paying less than $5 for an hour rub down. That is until we got to Africa and experienced the African massage. You haven’t lived until you get a real African massage. The technique is nothing like a Thai, Swedish, or any other massage …
I totally could settle down & be a cheetah farmer. How cool would it be to have a cheetah as a pet? We visited a cheetah rescue that has 4 in their house!