Off-Roading in the Sierra de Montsant Mountains of Catalonia

Explore the history and terrain of the Catalan holy mountains whilst off-roading in a 4 x 4 vehicle. The Sierra de Montsant mountains of Spain's Catalonia are home to an abundance of history...

Things to Know Before Your First Visit to the Grand Canyon – North Rim

If you're visiting Zion National Park in Utah, consider making the 2.5-hour drive to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The North Rim only receives 10% of Grand Canyon National Park's annual...

Zion National Park Without Zion Canyon

In the best of times-- pre-covid-- getting into Zion Canyon was difficult. Now, it borders on impossible (see Tip Critical Planning for Zion National Park ) which raises the question, ‘Is...

Don’t Miss Zion! 7 Outstanding Hikes/Drives You Must Do

Zion National Park is breathtaking and one of those national parks that must be on everyone's national park bucket list. We had been trying to go there for two years but had to cancel every time...

USA’s National Parks, etc, etc

Bureaucracies inspire complexity, and the USA's national park system is part of a very complex bureaucracy. Of the nearly 500 properties included in the National Park System, only 63 are...

Rwanda, the "Land of 1000 Hills"

Rwanda known as the land of 1000 hills, has a history of pioneering conservation of mountain gorillas by Dian Fossey a conservationist and that of a distressing past - the genocide against Tutsi...