With its abundance of wildlife, Africa is a dream destination for most photographers. While Kenya and Tanzania are probably the most popular options, owing to the vastness of the Serengeti, plenty of other countries teem with lions, elephants, giraffes, cheetahs and more. Frontiers International Travel has a 14-day Big Cat Photo Safari that concentrates on Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The July 14-27, 2017, itinerary will be hosted by Barry and Cathy Beck, professional photographers from Pennsylvania. The trip starts at Toka Leya Camp in Zambia with guided tours of the Zambian side of Victoria Falls and Livingstone town, a sunset river cruise and visit to a local village. That's followed by two full days of game viewing in Zambia's Kafue National Park, three days in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park and three days in South Africa's MalaMala Game Reserve. The trip isn't cheap, at $17,895 per person, double occupancy, but that includes lodging, all meals, drinks and internal flig hts. Visa fees and international air are extra. Info: 800-245-1950, http://tinyurl.com/zfzpokb
Book a road trip
Literary types who are fans of road trips are likely to have fun with a project undertaken by Richard Kreitner for the Atlas Obscura website. Kreitner chose 12 books that deal with cross-country travel and cataloged every place-name reference in each book. He turned the information over to Steven Melendez, and the result is a map of the U.S. with routes plotted out for each book. While the map doesn't give specific highway designations, a dedicated road-tripper could use it as the starting point to replicate a journey. You can view all of the routes on one map or look at just a specific book's route, and clicking each dot gives you the place name and a relevant quote from the book. Among the books chronicled are Bill Bryson's "The Lost Continent" and John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley," my favorite book as a teenager. Check it out at http://tinyurl.com/pf668jz
Sweet deal for solo cruisers
It's always good news for solo travelers when they can take a trip without getting socked with a single-supplement charge. The boutique river cruise company Uniworld often waives or reduces the single supplement on some of its trips in Europe. It's doing that again for select cruises and dates this summer and fall. An example of the savings is the eight-day Bordeaux, Vineyards & Chateaux cruise. The single-supplement is totally waived for the July 10, Aug. 21 and 28 and Sept. 4, 11 and 18 sailings. Pricing is from $3,949 depending on the date and, in addition to the usual cruise amenities, includes unlimited beverages, shore excursions and use of bicycles onshore. The list of cruises with waived or reduced single-supplement charges is at http://tinyurl.com/h93qtvg. Click on Expand Current Offers under Pricing to see available dates.
Phil Marty is a freelance reporter.
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