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Cambodian Taxi Chaos – A Leaf, A Radiator And A Macgyver Moment
The roads in Cambodia are vicious, angry slabs of asphalt filled with potholes that would qualify as valleys in some countries. Fortunately, I had it made traveling from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh. Or so I thought.
Cambodian Taxis
Having...
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Golden is a village of 10,000 population situated in the confluence of the British Columbia and Kicking Horse rivers in a long deep valley between the Rocky and Purcell Mountain ranges in eastern BC, at an elevation of 790 m [2591 ft] located at the...
OHare Airport Parking
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Visit Santa Barbara California
Ninty some miles north west of Los Angeles lies the lovely beach city of Santa Barbara, California where you will find some of the cleanest and best tended beaches on the west coast. The city of Santa Barbara which includes Hope Ranch and...
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Orchid Travel: a Remote Plateau in Southern Tanzania
A huge carpet of ground orchid's bloom quite unnoticed, every
year, in a forgotten corner of Tanzania. This area is the
beautiful Southern Highlands of Tanzania, where the country
borders with Zambia and Malawi. It is forgotten as possibly it
is as far away from the Serengeti and Kilimanjaro as you can get
and still be in Tanzania. Although it is a pity it goes so
unnoticed but maybe the lack of people helps protect this
delicate ecosystem.
This high plateau called the Kitulo Plateau and here high above
the madding crowd is a secret sea of orchids. This National Park
of wild flowers in all its glorious color is a delight to anyone
who appreciates and loves the orchid in its natural setting. The
Kitulo Plateau became Tanzania's fourteenth National Park
because unlike the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater, this park
was not created for the protection of fauna but for the
protection of the flora and in particular the orchid.
To get to Kitulo travel from Mbeya on the road to the Zambian
Border - at a place called Chimala turn south; this is about an
hours drive from Mbeya town. Then travel up the escarpment and
pass through Matamba and arrive at the plateau.
There are not many amenities here and to be self sufficient is
the beast option. There are a few local places to take up
boarding close to the park. However, the best
option by far is
to camp on the plateau itself.
This area, heralded as a botanist's paradise, is the larges and
probably the most important plateau grassland in East Africa.
The best time to visit this area is from January through to May,
during the long rains. The area is transformed by the rains with
the flowering of over 45 species of Orchids many of which are
endemic. Even-though this is Africa be prepared for cold on this
highland; May to November the temperatures can become quite cool
with occasional frosts.
The Tanzanian Government in 2002 declared 402 square kilometers
of the plateau to become a National Park to ensure the
protection of this special area. This now helps to protect the
wild flowers on from agricultural encroachment.
The are also important breeding colonies of birds in this area
including the blue swallow, Denham's bustard, Njombe cisticola
and Kipengere seedeater. The striking variable reed frog is
common on the plateau, with the very rare butterfly the
Neocoenyra petersi seen in January and February.
About the author:
For more information on safaris to see the Kitulo Plateau when
the Orchids are flowering see http://www.betheladventure.co.uk
Bethel Adventures uses tourism to improve the lives of the
poorest communities in Tanzania. Using tourism to improve lives.
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