Bwindi Impenentrable National Park in Uganda was gazetted in 1991 and has been a world heritage site since 1994. It covers 333km2 and is owned and run by UWA (the Ugandan Wildlife Authority). There are 720 wild mountain gorillas in the world. About 340 of these live in Bwindi in about 30 families. 8 of these families are habituated, with… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011 by Sally at Tribes
The Inca Trail (4 day trek) Permits sell quickly and all permits at the time of writing (Aug 30th) are sold out until early November 2011. So how do you go about getting yours? Well … 500 permits are issued for each day to trek the Inca Trail, however, this does include porters and guides… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011 by Simon at Tribes
The minute I stepped off our panga on the very first landing site of my cruise, Dragon Hill on Santa Cruz, I almost stepped on a giant marine iguana camouflaged against the black volcanic rock. In the Galapagos you are literary tripping over the wildlife. You really can’t understate the difference in wildlife viewing in… [Read more…]
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August 31, 2011 by Amanda Marks
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