THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC. Cairo is a city of contrasts, simultaneously modern and deeply connected to its golden past. Full of life, this capital of Egypt is a bustling sleepless metropolis that boasts monuments and architecture spanning thousands of years. Cairo is the largest city on the African continent, as well as in the Middle East.
Read More >>Archive for May, 2010
The Natural Splendour of Venezuela’s Canaima National Park Is Now on whl.travel
THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE. A conservation area roughly equivalent in size to the country of Belgium, Canaima National Park, in Venezuela, is home, among other things, to the tallest waterfall on earth (Angel Falls), unique rock formations known as tepuis and an aboriginal population that has opened its home and culture to the world
Read More >>WHL Group Supports Wild Asia’s 2010 Responsible Tourism Awards
The WHL Group is this year’s global media partner for Wild Asia’s 2010 Responsible Tourism Awards. Now in their fifth year, the Awards are part of Wild Asia’s Responsible Tourism Initiative, an ongoing campaign to promote sustainable destinations through tourism – a goal vitally important to both partners.
Read More >>Photo of the Week: The Highest Settlement in Europe – Ushguli, Georgia
Ushguli, pictured below, is the name of a collection of ancient villages located in the mountainous Svaneti region of northwest Georgia (the country in Europe). Ushguli is recognised as the highest settlement in Europe, set at altitudes between 2,086 and 2,200 metres above sea level. Symbolically, this highest settlement is guarded by Mt. Shkhara, the highest point in Georgia.
Read More >>The Tour d’Afrique – A Trans-African Adventure on Two Wheels
The Tour d’Afrique is an annual transcontinental bicycling odyssey that starts at the pyramids near Cairo, Egypt, in January, and then traverses 10 countries and every kind of road surface imaginable before spinning into Cape Town, South Africa, some four months and 11,800 kilometres later. It attracts nomadic souls and cycling enthusiasts of all ages and abilities, from triathletes to retirees.
Read More >>Responsible Tourism Week 2010: May 17-21
For the second year in a row, Planeta.com is proud to announce Responsible Tourism Week, revving up for action from May 17-21, 2010. Created first in 2009, RT Week, scheduled just a few weeks before World Environment Day, is “a free demonstration of Web 2.0 as a means of documenting the challenges of developing (and maintaining!) responsible tourism.”
Read More >>Wanderlust World Guide Awards: Send in your Votes!
The Wanderlust World Guide Awards (formerly known as the Paul Morrison Guide Awards) are held every year to recognise the very best of the world’s tour-guide community. The WHL Group is very proud to recognise the nomination of Tina Zorman, our whl.travel local connection in the beautiful unspoiled lands of Yemen.
Read More >>Photo of the Week: Yummy Penny Bun Mushrooms in Latvia
The photo was taken in my mother’s yard in Jelgava, Latvia, in early September (2006), which, is peak time for picking mushrooms. We had just returned from the woods. Nothing tastes better than homemade mushroom sauce. Our local Latvian versions use various kinds of mushrooms found in the forests, but the most popular, of course, are penny buns, or ‘bennies.’
Read More >>Ger to Ger Goes for Gold in Mongolia
Ger to Ger – the self-styled ‘market-driven social enterprise’ based in Mongolia – is definitely doing something right. Founded in 2005 by Mr Zanjan Fromer, a native Alaskan with extensive experience in tourism and development, Ger to Ger aims to give travellers the ultimate, authentic Mongolian experience.
Read More >>Lima, the Gateway to Peru, is the Latest whl.travel Destination
THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE AND FRENCH. Lima, the intriguing capital and largest city of Peru, has long been an important hub in Latin America. The Spanish founded Lima in 1535 as a strategic position from which to explore the unknown treasures that the interior country was believed to hold. They had no idea just how accurate this assumption would prove to be.
