A few years ago, when flight prices were awfully expensive, I saw an Amtrak ticket from California to Washington, DC, for just $250 and snapped it up.
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With expedition-style adventures on the rise, I was eager to go on a safari in Kruger National Park, the largest national park in South Africa.
Choosing the park was easy, but I had a tough time deciding where to stay since Kruger has a wide range of accommodations.
There are 12 main rest camps in the park alone, plus some more remote bush camps and lodges. Plus, there are private game reserves nearby that connect to Kruger and offer lodge accommodations ranging from basic to opulent.
Eventually, I settled on spending two nights at Satara Rest Camp in a bungalow in the park that cost $90 a night (not including the $25 park entrance fee each guest has to pay each day).
A few years ago, when flight prices were awfully expensive, I saw an Amtrak ticket from California to Washington, DC, for just $250 and snapped it up.
Yellowstone National Park is warning visitors to take extra caution around bull elk as mating season is approaching.
Low-cost Icelandic airline Play is celebrating the unofficial end of summer with a Labor Day sale tempting travelers with 25 percent off flights to Europe.
I never feel smaller than when I'm sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon, a natural world wonder visible from outer space.
America’s national parks have been swamped with visitors. To help them, the Lily Endowment awarded the National Park Foundation a $100 million grant.
Overtourism has hit the national parks and the U.S. National Park Foundation announced its largest grant ever to help combat it: $100 million from the Lilly Endowment.
Someone once told me every life boils down to five major decisions —five moments when the direction we step dictates the path we'll travel until the next juncture. If it's true, I made one of those decisions in 2015 in the western reaches of Washington State. I was 33 years old and had just summitted Mount Rainier, the first glaciated peak I'd ever climbed and the most adventurous thing I'd ever done.
Universal Orlando currently boasts eight on-site hotels, offering guests easy access to the fun of Universal's theme parks. Next year, they'll add three more to that lineup to accommodate the influx of guests likely to flock to Orlando when Universal Epic Universe, the resort's newest theme park, opens in 2025. Epic Universe is being built on a 750-acre site a few miles away from Universal's existing parks and hotels and will nearly double the size of Universal Orlando Resort, further exacerbating the need for additional hotels.
Aug 21, 2024 • 6 min read
A fourth Park Hyatt hotel is coming to Japan. However, you'll have to wait a few years to check in.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kiran Ali , an American who relocated to Dubai with her family. She works as a director of partnerships in a Fintech company. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
Aug 19, 2024 • 6 min read