National Parks

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...

Gardiner, MT: The North Gateway to Yellowstone National Park

Gardiner is a 7 hour drive from where we live in northern UT, and Gardiner quickly became our preferred choice for lodging when vising Yellowstone National Park because it was next door to Mammoth...

Serengeti National Park – Wildlife Treasure in Africa

Africa's most iconic safari destination? It's a tough call, but the Serengeti is an incredible gem set at the core of a vast migratory ecosystem that incorporates the adjacent Ngorongoro Conservation...

Critical Planning for Zion National Park

If you are planning to visit Zion, you must carefully study Zion's web site well in advance of your trip, especially the confusing part on the shuttle bus befora booking a trip Taking a bus...