Tag: authentic travel
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Beyond Safari in South Africa: food, wine, art and fashion and beautiful scenery!
African Adventures Part 4 When people think of South African travel, they often think of the traditional safari: looking for big game and staying in a safari camp. While South Africa offers some of the best safari experiences (stay tuned for future blog post), it also offers some of the most amazing food, wine, art,…
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Travel by Rail and take it all in: Southern African Adventures Part 3
There are many cases to be made for rail travel. This time of year, one might be inspired by the popular Christmas movie: The Polar Express. There is also growing interest in the Hogwarts Express (which is actually a train ride you can take in Scotland!) I myself have been feeling rail travel lately and…
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Southern African Adventures part 2: The Return of Molatelo Komape
Eighteen years ago, 88 American Peace Corps Volunteers descended into the small rural community of Moletji in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. They came on buses filled with luggage, sporting bicycles and helmets and dressed in the latest outdoor wear. They were greeted by a large group of singing and ululating villagers, they were…
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Southern African Adventures Part 1: Journey to Jo’Burg
Johannesburg has a bad reputation; not totally undeserved mind you. However, when traveling to South Africa or anywhere in Southern Africa, chances are very high you will land in this “City of Gold” or i-Goli. Many people choose to skip their visit to this city in favor of the wilder-side of South Africa. However, if…
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New Requirements for Travel to Europe in 2025
The ETIAS explained………… Not sure if you have heard the news, but starting in May 2025 Americans will need what is called an ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) approval before entering into 30 European countries. So what does this all mean and how will it affect your travels in the future? Here are…
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Top Virtuoso Travel Week Takeaways
While I have been back from Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas for a few weeks now, it has taken me this long just to process all the information I gathered and follow-up with the new connections I made so that I can actually share some of my whirlwind week with all of you. Virtuoso Travel Week…
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An Epic Adventure to Southern Africa
I recently returned from an epic trip and return “home” to a place near and dear to my heart: South Africa (and surrounds). I had lived and worked there on two separate occasions and stayed with two different families, living as their “daughter” in both…and I had not returned for 16 years. It wasn’t because…
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Ngizohamba ikhaya lami……
I have always believed that travel connects us to people and places we otherwise would not have known and it has the ability to impact and shape us in life changing ways. This belief is actually in my mission statement for Heather Lane Adventures: To create and design purpose-driven travel that connects clients to different…
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Creating the Perfect Travel Playlist
Music, for most, plays a very important role in travel. Whether it be the entire reason for the trip (attend a concert, music festival or cultural tour) or perhaps a nostalgic soundtrack to a trip. For me, music and travel are symbiotically connected. In fact, one of my rules for having said you visited a…
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Tours of the US: Pacific Northwest
Latest in my series on U.S. tours, I am skipping to the Pacific Northwest. I realize it’s a bit of jumping around, as I just covered New England a few months back. However, I have had a lot of interest in this region of late, so I thought we could venture across the U.S to…
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