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Encounter with a rhinoceros in Zambia

Which safari is best in Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana or South Africa?

Exploring the wild beauty of Southern Africa is a dream for many. In this post, we tackle a question often asked by nature lovers planning a safari in the region: What is the best safari in Southern Africa? From the majestic plains of Botswana to the endless deserts of Namibia and the rich diversity of South Africa, each destination offers a unique and memorable experience.

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7 years of travelling by bicycle: the incredible adventure of a 21st-century nomad

Javier M. de la Varga has been cycling around the world for 7 years 

Neither typhus, malaria nor the attacks he has suffered in some countries have made him change course. At 32, this photojournalist has turned his two passions, travel and cycling, in their way of life

With more than 77,000 kilometres behind him, he has already cycled halfway around the world, from Indonesia to Cape Town. He has lived and recorded experiences ranging from fascination with humanity to the fear caused by violence and deprivation; from the beauty of a silent landscape to the exhaustion left by malaria or typhus.

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Anna Boyé and the Minangkabau on the back page of El Periódico

Once again. Anna Boyé is attracting media attention for her studies of matriarchal societies around the world. Anthropologist Anna Boyé has spent more than a decade seeking out and documenting life in these societies, where lineage is traced through women.

This time the Newspaper devotes the back page of its 2 May edition to her, with an extensive interview that begins with a statement:

«A matriarchy is not the opposite of a patriarchy»

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Istanbul, click by click, with photographer Ignasi Rovira

The city of Istanbul, halfway between Asia and Europe, is full of surprising corners, alleyways, mosques, monuments, markets, squares and bridges. Its major attractions include Hagia Sophia, the Sultan Ahmet or Blue Mosque, the Süleymaniye and Yeni mosques, Galata Tower, the Golden Horn at the entrance to the Bosphorus with its beautiful bridges, the Grand Bazaar and the Basilica Cistern. An eye used to looking through a camera lens finds thousands of evocative moments in the ancient city of Constantinople. Add its people to the scene, the busy citizens of Turkey’s former capital, and the photographic possibilities They seem to multiply endlessly, as quickly as the camera's memory cards fill up and its batteries run down.

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North India and its Beliefs. A spiritual journey with Jordi Solà

The religious heritage of India It is one of the aspects that has always aroused great interest and curiosity in the West. Watching a funeral rite on the banks of the River Ganges while a pilgrim performs ablutions a few metres away, or so many other scenes typical of a trip to India that we could mention raise questions and a strong desire to understand, to find the reasons and an explanation, and ultimately to make logical sense of what we see.

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Woman with her son, India | © Ignasi Rovira

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Travel talks: Botswana

Our travel talks continue, and this time, Ana Isabel Alia Mopane Safaris tells us about their experiences in Botswana through photos and comments.

Next Thursday 12 March at our offices of Viajes Tuareg.
In the talk we will give you a notebook of safari with a short guide to Botswana that can be very useful for planning your trip.

Places are limited; please confirm your attendance in advance.
Tel.: 93 265 23 91
Our trips to BOTSWANA

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Travel talks: trips and routes in Greenland

Remember that this Wednesday at our offices in Viajes Tuareg, a polar explorer and an anthropologist specialising in the Inuit will share first-hand information and remarkable personal stories from their Greenland journeys.

Francesc Bailon and Gerard Van Der Berg will give this travel talk and lead an expedition to the Ammassalimmiut communities on Greenland's east coast, the last group to come into contact with the ‘white man’.

See article: East Greenland. Polar exploration and anthropology with the Inuit
See all of our Travel Talks

Places are limited; please confirm your attendance in advance.

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