Tips & articles
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Expensive experiences, cheaper alternatives
10 April 2013
The world’s most iconic travel experiences don’t usually come cheap – but sometimes there are real alternatives. Here are some...
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Top 10 dream business destinations
05 September 2012
Your colleagues are coming in from Tokyo, you’re currently in London, and your negotiating partners are stationed somewhere outside Baltimore. If location doesn’t...
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The botanist’s guide to the sexiest plants of the world
31 August 2012
Plants can be sexy. Raise your eyebrows if you will, but to a plant lover, certain plants possess an undeniable...
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10 best things to climb
27 June 2012
Over ice and iron girders, shinnying up temples and scaling rainforest trees – tackle the world’s most worthwhile ways to...
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Best beaches to swing a hammock
17 June 2012
Dreaming of your own place in the sun? In this excerpt from Lonely Planet’s 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we take you...
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Tanzania’s overlooked coastline
24 May 2012
Zanzibar — the very name brings to mind salty sea breezes that carry the taste of exotic spices. Floating in...
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Hiking in Tanzania
23 May 2012
In a country crowned by the tallest free-standing volcano in the world and almost bisected by chains of ancient mountain...
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Tanzania without the crowds
22 May 2012
As the home of the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and a string of other world-famous wildlife sanctuaries, Tanzania is...
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Tanzania’s Mahale Mountains National Park
18 April 2012
In addition to being one of the best places in the world for up-close encounters with chimpanzees, Mahale Mountains National...
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Discovering Africa’s hidden treasures: Lonely Planet meets Dr Gus Casely-Hayford
20 March 2012
As anyone lucky enough to have travelled to the most intoxicating of continents will testify, Africa ain’t nothing but a...
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An (almost) endless journey: the Tour d’Afrique
24 August 2011
A common workday daydream is to embark on a vacation that never ends. One adventure outfitter called Tour d’Afrique Ltd....
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Ask Lonely Planet: where can I see wildlife without the crowds?
09 August 2011
Here at Lonely Planet, we have travel experts on tap. In this excerpt from the September 2011 issue of Lonely...
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Top 10 eco-lodges
15 April 2011
You want to go bush but don’t want to damage the beautiful surrounds, or maybe you don’t even want to...
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Migration and the Masai Mara
06 December 2010
The Masai Mara National Reserve is 1510 sq km of open rolling grasslands that extend northward from Tanzania‘s Serengeti. It...
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Lonely Planet’s top 10 countries for 2011
31 October 2010
Where in the world should you go next year? Our in-house travel experts, including Lonely Planet cofounder Tony Wheeler, have...
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Tanzania: travel books to read before you go
14 October 2010
This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s Tanzania guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the mood for your...
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East Africa: travel books to read before you go
09 October 2010
This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s East Africa guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the mood for...
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A teenager’s guide to East Africa
16 September 2010
It’s not often we have teenagers in the office (except for teenagers at heart), so we asked Lonely Planet work...
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Best beaches to swing a hammock
08 April 2010
Ahh, your own place in the sun. In this excerpt from Lonely Planet’s 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we show how to...
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Cities - so misunderstood (update)
12 January 2010
Wow - the original version of this article, entitled ‘Cities You Really Hate’ and published on 9 October, certainly ruffled...
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Zanzibar by moped - the ultimate ride
10 September 2009
It’s no wonder that Zanzibar gets the lion’s (sultan’s?) share of attention on the Zanzibar Archipelago. Its old Stone Town...
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Hippo-hooray in Tanzania
27 August 2009
If you imagine taking all the hippos you’d see at any famous East African park and cramming them together into...
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