The 27 waterfalls of Damajagua, Dominican Republic

The north coast of this Caribbean country has become one of the Americas' top destinations for adventure tourism, and about 7 miles outside the historic city of Puerto Plata is one of its Big Kahunas. Hidden amid the verdant greenery of Cordillera Ce

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Conference on Sustainable + Green + Responsible Travel and Tourism

Travel & Words Spring 2011 is being presented by Pacific Northwest Travel Writers Conference on May 1-2 at the luxurious, sustainable Willows Lodge in Woodinville, WA. A day and a half packed with workshops, panel and group discussions, contact with

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Panama's new wetland wildlife refuge A birdwatching bonanza

Panama is well-known for its famous Panama Canal, the modern Panama City, and its idyllic islands. Now, thanks to a newly created wildlife refuge, Panama is one of the best destinations for bird lovers in the Americas. Reently on World Wetlands Day –

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Exploring Nature on Hawaii's Big Island

Author Joseph Campbell once said, “Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation.” There are few places in the modern world in which this connection between mankind, mythology

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Turtle nesting season on Costa Rica's Pacific coast

It's time again for one of nature's most astonishing and moving annual sights. This time of year, hundreds of thousands huge sea turtles swim to the shores of Central America to lay eggs on beaches where they were born, and the Ostional National Wild

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Africa safaris 101: the game's afoot

Want to go on a wild game safari but don't know where to begin? By now there's something for everyone from north to south and east to west in sub-Saharan Africa, depending on your interests, time of year, cultural affinities, and many other factors.

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Stalking the great Bengal tiger in India's Sundarbans delta

Having lived in India my entire life, in all those years, often had I heard tales of the Sunderbans. Stretching across more than 10,000 square kilometers (almost 4,000 square miles) in the state of West Bengal and into Bangladesh, this delta is the w

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Ecotourism right in Cancun's hotel zone: Nichupte Lagoon

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Pitfalls on the road to true “ecotourism”

“Eco” shows few signs of abating as a tourism buzzword and trend, and so naturally, suppliers have been tripping all over themselves to saturate the market with eco-travelproducts. But inevitably, many of these are loosely labeled and poorly understo

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WIN A LUXURY WEEKEND IN PORTUGAL WITH OUR WEBSITE!

We're happy to announce today the launch of the new website Portugal Dream Coast!

To commemorate we're offering you a wonderful weekend for two in aromantic windmill in the Arrábida mountain. All you need to do is visit
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Tortuguero, Costa Rica's mini Amazon on the Caribbean

The Tortuguero coast in Costa Rica is a 22-mile-long, desolate, volcanic black sand beach littered with driftwood and tree logs tossed up on shore from the untamed ocean. It is a wild place – like the imaginary jungle coast in Maurice Sendak’s “Where

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World of Ecotourism to Meet in Bonito, Brazil at the ESTC2014

Bonito, elected Brazil's Best Ecotourism Destination by the readers of Viagem&Turismo (leading Brazilian travel mag) 13 times in a row is the next venue for the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference.

Organized by The International Ecotourism

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Could Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater be the most spectacular safari destination on earth?

For people contemplating an Africa safari, the first place that comes to mind may well beKenya. But many aficionados favor Tanzania, thanks to its vast Serengeti plains and a nearby volcanic caldera called Ngorongoro.

On my trip to this East African

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it's humpback whale-watching season in Costa Rica

At the very bottom of Costa Rica, the placid blue waters of the Golfo Dulce shine like a mirror most days, reflecting occasional clouds and the immense cerulean sky. Its calm surface is broken by the odd small, local boat cruising along, but the mos

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact

Dear Fellow Travelers:
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Off the resorts reservation - getting close to nature in Jamaica

Jamaica has of course long been in the forefront of Caribbean tourism trends of massive resorts and the type of visitor attractions designed to serve them and the cruise-ship market. But as a large, ecologically rich Caribbean island with plenty of

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Is there really such a thing as environmentally friendly tourism?

Although it's no longer a rare to find on a hotel bed a sign asking the guest to reuse his/her towel or to accept having sheets changed once every three days rather than once a day, many people still wonder if tourism is truly an environmentally-frie

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The unique wildlife of Costa Rica

What if I told you there was an animal without lungs that lives on land and can grow back any limb of its body?

Crazy, you say? Well, in the Costa Rican Caribbean rainforest, there is a species of salamander that can.

Salamanders are amphibians that

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Why Australia's Fraser Island is amazing and unique

Think all island in the world are the same or similar? Think again. Ever dreamed of a protected island, complete with its unique biosphere, where you bring your rented 4-wheel drive from the mainland and pitch your own tent? Welcome to amazing Fraser

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Curú wildlife refuge on Costa Rica's Nicoya peninsula

When I used to guide nature tours in Costa Rica, people would always ask me, “Are we going to see monkeys (or a sloth, toucan, etc.)?” I would always respond, “Well, it’s possible, but not guaranteed; it’s not like we put the animals out in their p

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