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The Word «Solstice’ comes from the Latin solstitium, meaning sun and statum, or stationary sun. It occurs at a time of year when the sun is over one of the tropics, making the day or night the longest of the year.

It usually occurs around 21 June. For those in the northern hemisphere, it is the summer solstice, bringing the longest day and shortest night. In the southern hemisphere, it is the winter solstice and means the opposite: the shortest day and longest night. Both have one thing in common: the rituals, celebrations and traditions centred on the sun as a symbol of rebirth and hope.

The last Burmese tribes live in the so-called Myanmar’s Golden Triangle, far from the world around them and with deep-rooted traditions.

The capital of the state of Shan, Kientung, is the starting point for those wishing to venture across rugged terrain to meet the communities living in this area. Reaching them is not easy. It takes patience and a little effort, but the reward is priceless: their colourful clothing, ornaments, customs and way of life make you forget your tiredness.

If you have decided to travel to Japan with us this year, you will know that you have a few free days in Tokyo. Make the most of them by sampling the cuisine, a fundamental part of Japanese life. Noodles are a staple of Japanese cooking and the basis of many of its most iconic dishes. Here is a brief introduction to 7 different types of noodle. And if you make a noise while slurping them, don't worry: it is positively encouraged.

Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, at first glance, seem very different from one another, much as Spain, Italy and France might to a traveller planning a trip to Mediterranean Europe. This post offers an overview of each destination: what you can do, what people do and how they do it, to help you make your choice at leisure.

Africa’s rich ethnic diversity is reflected year after year in the entries to our travel photography competition.

All the images submitted were taken by participants on our trips through Africa and were part of our 2016 photo contest.

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In Viajes Tuareg we take all our travellers’ feedback very seriously. Their constructive criticism helps us improve and refine each trip, and hearing that a trip was perfect gives us great satisfaction.

“If you want to see the rainbow you have to face the storm”

Cusco’s best-kept secret is Cerro Colorado, an impressive mountain site at 5000 metres above sea level. The mountain owes its colours to a geological process in which different strata formed multicoloured layers: ochres, reds, whites and blues are intermingled to create a magical effect. It forms a magnificent backdrop to one of the world’s most sought-after hiking routes, renowned for its beauty.

“Ever onward to victory. Homeland or death.” Che Guevara

Travelling in Cuba is a treat: Havana, the beaches… And shared language and cultural ties allow us to venture beyond the obvious discover the places where Cubans live and enjoy themselves.

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.

If Africa is the cradle of civilisation, it is also the cradle of flavour. One of the star ingredients that gives its dishes their intensity is ginger, especially in countries like Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

We will talk about the first one today because, as well as being the world’s leading cocoa exporter, it is a major producer of ginger. This root is a constant presence in the country’s street markets in all its forms (fresh, dried, processed, in drinks…) and a source of income for many families.

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:

Catalogue version 0.0. A little treasure, illustrated with drawings photocopied from comics of the time (Víbora, El Cairo…).

In Tuareg, as you know, we offer archaeology and history trips, but in this post we want to take a different kind of journey. We are travelling back in time to unearth our own history: more than three decades of passion for the culture of travel.

There are many lakes in the world, formed by a wide variety of geological processes and forces within the earth. What distinguishes many of them is the life that thrives around them in all its forms, from unspoilt nature to human activity. Water is life.

Regularly in Viajes Tuareg rewards feedback that our customers leave us. If you didn't know, you can see how we value these reviews of Viajes Tuareg in more detail, and explain how the feedback prize draw works.

Come and meet this one fascinating Horn of Africa country full of singularities and whose history is lost in time. This is where the “Grandmother of Humanity”, Lucy, whose skeleton is well guarded in the capital Addis Ababa, lived millions of years ago.

We want to share with all of you our values and philosophy at Viajes Tuareg. We illustrate these ideas with some of the best photographs our customers send us year after year. Many enter the competition we organise each year; others send them simply for the pleasure of sharing beautiful moments and landscapes from their travels.

On a regular and fully predictable basis they are taking place eclipses on planet Earth. Thanks to scientific advances and the computing power of today’s data centres, we can predict these astronomical phenomena well in advance, allowing us to make all the preparations needed to observe them properly.

The stage is set: on 21 August, the moon's shadow will darken the sky for two and a quarter minutes as it crosses Wyoming and Idaho. We have front-row seats reserved.
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In 2016 the competition brought an excellent crop of images. If you have the time and are curious, take a look at the 100 photos that made it through the first rounds: their quality and freshness are truly surprising. Then we made a selection of the 20 best photos that we submitted to the jury. And now it’s time to announce the winners of the 2016 Travel Photo and Video Competition.

The competition of Photographs and Travel Videos The competition moves on, and we can now announce the 22 images through to the final. We have already explained that We have received about 900 photos, which after a first internal selection We're down to 100. Now in a second round there is 22 great snapshots which we have sent to the jury to select the winners in each category.

The public has voted and we have a winner in the popular vote category. The photograph, entitled “Himba', taken by Josep Maria Isach Boixader on your trip to Namibia and Botswana She's the winner. Congratulations!