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Best Places To Travel in 2020

Top publications have started releasing their “Best Places to Travel 2020” lists and we have compiled a comprehensive list from some of the leading publications in travel and lifestyle to help you find them all in one place.   Travel and Leisure –The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2020 CNN-CNN Travel’s 20 best places…

Guide to Adventures in Cape Town!

“The air you smell, the sights you see, the food you taste, the language you hear, and the feeling you get… where nothing is familiar. That is true freedom.”-Anonymous Whenever I travel, I like to pretend that I have journeyed into the next chapter of my story, into a world that is mine to explore….

Fun Facts About Africa’s Big Five

The term “Big Five” originally referred to the difficulty in hunting the lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and African buffalo. These five large African mammal species were known to be the most dangerous and it was considered a feat by trophy hunters to bring them home. Today, however, the expression takes on a much gentler form,…

The African Meaning behind ‘The Lion King’ Character’s Names

Besides offering breathtaking views of African landscapes, Disney’s The Lion King also used names for the characters, which most have a Swahili meaning, a language of eastern and southeastern Africa. The opening of the song is sung in Zulu, which is a language of South Africa. Some of the story’s elements also pull from Masai…