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Comparing Lodges to Camping Safaris
When choosing an African safari, travelers often find themselves deciding between staying in lodges or camping in the wilderness. Both options offer unique ways to experience the safaris in the East Africa. Lodges, with their comfortable accommodations and modern amenities, provide a more luxurious encounter with the wilderness, catering to those who seek relaxation along…
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Traveling Africa like a Local
Traveling through Africa like a local can be an incredibly enriching experience, offering unique insights into the diverse cultures, landscapes, and traditions of the continent. Africa is the world’s second largest and second most populous continent after Asia. At a total surface area of 30,370,000 square kilometers, the continent encompasses 54 countries that can be…
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What is a Vegan?
A vegan is somebody who does not eat or use any animal products. A vegan chooses not cause harm to another living thing by eating a plant-based diet, and avoids meat, fish, milk, eggs, dairy products, or honey. A vegan also does not buy or wear animal products such as leather, wool, silk, fur etc.…
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Save the earth: The Raw Food Diet
One of my oft-heard claims is that you can save the earth with the raw food diet. Gasp, horror? If that’s your reaction you may be wondering why bringing raw back to the kitchen would be the greenest way of living. In my article, what is a vegan, I discussed the impact of eating…
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Top 10 Ways to Ensure Eco-friendly Travel
Eco-friendly living involves green travel too. Whether you’re backpacking or staying at a luxury resort, there are many ways in which you can reduce your impact on the environment, and on local people and their culture. I’ve put together ten green travel tips that will help you be more eco-friendly while travelling, and can also…
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How You Can Help in Protecting the Mountain Gorillas
Countries where mountain gorillas live i.e Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo can come together in partnership with local people and international conservation organizations to put up strong conservation policies and measures that can help to protect and conserve gorillas. This can help in creating solutions to reduce threats and conserve gorillas through strategies…
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The Miraculous Raw Vegan Diet: Experience Greater Health and Happiness
I’ve discovered the secret to greater health and happiness and I’m dying to share it with you. It’s called the raw vegan diet and it’s literally transformed my life. What’s more, it’s the greenest diet on the planet. But first I’m going to clear up some of the confusion behind what constitutes a healthy diet…
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How to Pack Light: Go Green
One of the easiest ways to reduce your impact is to travel light. My ‘how to pack light’ guide will help save you money and help save the earth at the same time. What more can you ask for? How to pack light: Make a list If you plan everything beforehand, you’ll be much more…
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Go Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest of Uganda
Kibale Forest National Park is a lush tropical rain forest in southern Uganda, with the highest density of primates in Africa. It’s also the one best place in the world to track wild chimpanzees, with five groups habituated to human contact. Its home to 13 primate species, with the endangered red and white colobus monkey,…
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Best 8 Places to Visit in Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC and formerly Zaire) has a history that’s difficult to take in. From the mismanagement of Belgium’s King Leopold, to the corrupt leader Mobutu Sese Seko, to the battlegrounds of Africa’s horrific “world war,” the country has experienced long periods of instability. But the second largest African nation is staging…
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