Travel Forum / Destinations / Africa / December 2006

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I'll be in Tanzania with friends and was going to spend a few days at the
end of a safari on Zanzibar.  One participant has asked that we consider a
few days to a week on the Seychelles instead.  However, I can't find if
there are any connections from Nairobi or Dar Es Salaam.  ...

Can anybody help me with information about short-term (2 weeks)
wildlife projects for volunteers in Africa? In Internet I find only
very commercial opportunities, something like tourist attractions, but
not a real voluntering opportunity.

I barely made it out of there alive. Never again.

I have just about completed my web pages of photos from Uganda.  Please have
a look and let me know what you think.
http://www.pbase.com/selliotca/uganda_2006
You can open each gallery and run the slide show or double click on

A reminder: this is a good source for a lot of travel info:
http://www.cbel.com/south_africa/

Taking Africa Out of the Hunger Pit
http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/?p=121
"The world has declared war on hunger - but in Africa, images abound of
pot-bellied, emaciated, wide-eyed and lifeless children - some still

We'll be going to Tendele (now Thendele) in early January and I just
wondered if anybody had suggestions for the trip there and back. Last
time we went there, a few years ago, we spent a night on the way there
at a charming hotel in Beaufort West (surprisingly, as I'd thought it a

There is a lovely little hotel called HAVEN LA CHANCE DESERT HOTEL
located  by the Sand  Dunes of Merzouga, Morocco. An American lady amd
a local Berber worked hard to make a modern, clean hotel with local
materials and design. The staff speak multi languages though the

Next week I'll be travelling in Morocco, I have set up a plan but I'm
still uncertain abou Merzouga: Is it worth spending there two nights
(one whole day)? Maybe one is enough....
Any reccomendation about an accomodation there as well as in Fez is

There has been a little bit of discussion about Uganda here lately.
I just put together this page of photos from my trip to Murchison Falls in
August.
http://www.pbase.com/selliotca/murchison

www.traveldex.co.za is an excellent and easy to use directory of
websites listing tour guides, accommodation, safari information, flight
charters, in fact anything to do with traveling in South Africa. The
directory is easily searchable or browsable by province. Basically its

Any advise?!?
I have time-share on the Red Sea -- but plan to spend a few days i
Cairo (before) and a few days in Luxor (after).  Any advise on how t
get from Cairo to Hurghada, Hurghada to Luxor, then Luxor to Cairo

I am planning a trip to uganda in a few weeks time. I am wondering if
someone has been to kampala and can tell me if it possible to withdraw money
with a bank card from ATMs in that city...

Does anybody know where I can find a cost comparison for visiting and
traveling among Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda on the web.  Of course
personal experiences or knowledge you may have is also welcome.
I'm setting up a trip for several friends and one of the many factors as ...