Archive for the ‘East Africa’ Category

Uganda Wildlife Authority Drops Price of Gorilla Permits

Posted on May 19th, 2011 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Here’s some good news: the Uganda Wildlife Author­ity recently dropped the price of gorilla per­mits to $350 dur­ing low sea­son, which spans March, April, May and Octo­ber and Novem­ber. With seven gorilla fam­i­lies in Bwindi and Mgahinga national parks, Uganda is a com­pelling safari destination.

The fol­low­ing travel com­pa­nies offer treks to see the goril­las of Uganda:

Aber­crom­bie & Kent—Untamed Uganda (13 days)

Aber­crom­bie & Kent—Uganda Exten­sion (5 days)

Sanc­tu­ary Retreats—Game View­ing & Goril­las (7 nights)

Sanc­tu­ary Retreats—Gorilla Track­ing Adven­ture (3 nights)

Vol­ca­noes Safaris—Goril­las in Bwindi (4 days)

Vol­ca­noes Safaris—Goril­las in the Virun­gas & Bwindi (8 days)

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

Photo cour­tesy of Emerg­ing Destinations

Restore an African’s Eyesight with Magellan’s and SEE International

Posted on December 21st, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

I’ve been doing a lot of online hol­i­day shop­ping and recently picked up some nice travel gifts at Magellan’s Travel Sup­plies. When my items arrived, the box also con­tained a flyer about Magellan’s part­ner­ship with a non­profit orga­ni­za­tion called SEE Inter­na­tional.

Accord­ing to the orga­ni­za­tion, 75 per­cent of the world’s 37 mil­lion cases of blind­ness are actu­ally treat­able, mak­ing the loss of sight a human­i­tar­ian emergency.

SEE Inter­na­tional puts together teams of vol­un­teer oph­thal­mol­o­gists to go where their help is needed, includ­ing places like Thai­land, Mex­ico, Bangladesh, Viet­nam, and Zimbabwe.

Since 1974 SEE’s eye sur­geons have per­formed more than 360,000 sight-storing procedures.

Magellan’s has been a cor­po­rate part­ner of SEE Inter­na­tional for over 20 years, pro­vid­ing travel kits for sur­geons as well as adver­tis­ing out­reach to its customers.

Expe­di­tions to the fol­low­ing coun­tries are sched­uled for 2010: Swazi­land, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Ghana, The Gam­bia, Nige­ria, Namibia, and Kenya.

Dona­tions are tax deductible and may be made online via a secure server. Visit See International’s web­site or call 1-(805)963‑3303 and men­tion that you heard about the orga­ni­za­tion from Magellan’s Travel Supplies.

Sur­gi­cal Eye Expe­di­tions (SEE) Inter­na­tional is a 501©(3) non­profit orga­ni­za­tion. Tax ID #31–1682275.

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

Photo of Maa­sai woman and child cour­tesy of iStockPhoto.com

December 15: Win Cool Travel Prizes!

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Well, it’s finally our turn! The 2009 Travel Blog­gers’ Car­a­van wraps up today at LuxurySafariExperts.com. It’s been a fun two weeks and I’ve dis­cov­ered a lot of new travel blogs to watch through­out 2010. We hope you did too!

Today’s giveaway—a pair of Able Planet fold­ing noise-cancelling headphones—is cour­tesy of Magellan’s Travel Sup­plies. If you still need to pick up some last-minute hol­i­day gits, check out their web­site. Magellan’s offers some unique and very use­ful items for travelers.

If you’re trav­el­ing to Africa next year, you’ll want a pair of noise-reduction head­phones. They dra­mat­i­cally cut back on air­plane noise so you can lis­ten to music or a movie in com­fort. I tend to watch sev­eral movies on long-haul flights and noise-cancelling head­phones have saved the day on more than one occasion.

Win a Pair of Able Planet Fold­ing Noise-Cancelling Headphones

One lucky reader will be ran­domly cho­sen from all eli­gi­ble entries to win a pair of Able Planet Noise-Cancelling Head­phones. Con­test starts at mid­night on Decem­ber 15 and ends the same day at 11:59 pm. You must have a mail­ing address within the United States in order to be eli­gi­ble to enter and win.

How to Enter

Com­ment on this post between 12:00 am (mid­night) and 11:59 pm on Decem­ber 15, 2009. You’ll need to include your e-mail address so I may make con­tact if you are the win­ner. Good luck!

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

December 14: Win Cool Travel Prizes!

Posted on December 14th, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Today’s stop on the Travel Blog­gers’ Car­a­van is: EuropeUpClose.com. Visit the blog and com­ment on today’s post for a chance to win a Fuji­film FinePix J28 10MP dig­i­tal cam­era with 3x opti­cal zoom.

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

December 13: Win Cool Travel Prizes!

Posted on December 13th, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Today’s stop on the Travel Blog­gers’ Car­a­van is: MyItchyTravelFeet.com. Visit the blog and com­ment on today’s post for a chance to win two great prizes: a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card, which may be used at any Barnes & Noble store or online at BarnesandNoble.com, and a “Library Edi­tion” of the most recent sea­son of “Rudy Maxa’s World”, including six DVDs con­tain­ing 13 shows on des­ti­na­tions in India, Turkey, Japan, Thai­land, St. Peters­burg, Esto­nia, and Argentina ($112 value).

“Library Edi­tion” of the most recent sea­son of “Rudy Maxa’s World”,
includ­ing six DVDs con­tain­ing 13 shows on des­ti­na­tions in India, Turkey, Japan, Thai­land, St. Peters­burg, Esto­nia, and Argentina ($112 value“Library Edi­tion” of the most recent sea­son of “Rudy Maxa’s World”,including six DVDs con­tain­ing 13 shows on des­ti­na­tions in India, Turkey, Japan, Thai­land, St. Peters­burg, Esto­nia, and Argentina ($112 value)

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

December 12: Win Cool Travel Prizes!

Posted on December 12th, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Today’s stop on the Travel Blog­gers’ Car­a­van is: EllenBarone.com. Visit the blog and com­ment on today’s post for a chance to win a day pack from First Ascent, a new extreme adven­ture line of gear and cloth­ing form Eddie Bauer and partners.

In addi­tion, ExOf­fi­cio will be pro­vid­ing the ulti­mate travel ensem­ble! You could be trekking the globe in the lat­est ExOf­fi­cio out­fit includ­ing; 1 Shirt, 1 Pair of Pants and 1 Pair of ExOf­fi­cio Under­wear. (approx­i­mately $200 value)

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com


December 11: Win Cool Travel Prizes!

Posted on December 11th, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Today’s stop on the Travel Blog­gers’ Car­a­van is: CruiseDiva.com. Visit the blog and com­ment on today’s post for a chance to win a copy of Fodor’s The Com­plete Guide to Caribbean Cruises and a World Ground­ing Adap­tor Set cour­tesy of Magellan’s Travel Supplies.

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

December 10: Win Cool Travel Prizes!

Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Today’s stop on the Travel Blog­gers’ Car­a­van is: JtheTravelAuthority.com. Visit the blog and com­ment on today’s post for a chance to win a Moun­tain­smith Tour FX cam­era bag.

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

December 9: Win Cool Travel Prizes!

Posted on December 9th, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Today’s stop on the Travel Blog­gers’ Car­a­van is: What a Trip. Visit the blog and com­ment on today’s post for a chance to win an Otter­box cell phone case or a Briggs and Riley Base­line 20-inch carry-on expand­able wide-body upright suitcase.

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

December 8: Win Cool Travel Prizes!

Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Andrea M. Rotondo

Today’s stop on the Travel Blog­gers’ Car­a­van is: JohnnyJet.com. Visit the blog and com­ment on today’s post for a chance to win Alaska and Seat­tle Tour­saver books and a $50 Magellan’s Travel Sup­plies gift certificate.

—Andrea M. Rotondo for LuxurySafariExperts.com

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