Sentences with phrase «dugout canoe»

A dugout canoe is a type of boat made by hollowing out a tree trunk. Full definition
See the Big Five from 4x4 safari vehicles, experience cosmopolitan Cape Town, explore spice plantations and the immense Fish River Canyon, cruise through the Okavango Delta in dugout canoes, view t...
Highlights include tracking jaguars by dugout canoe in Guyana, tracking orangutan in eastern Sabah, backpacking round Japan, and being part of the first team of husky mushers to cross from Finland into Russia.
You are based at the lodge and go out for your choice of excursions each day on rain forest trails or in quiet dugout canoes on lakes, to view the incredible wildlife in Yasuni National Park.
Scenic Highlights: Meet the San Bushmen on the fringes of the Kalahari Desert, get into the wild with dugout canoe rides and wilderness camping in the Okavango Delta, cruise the Chobe River at sunset, view the mighty Victoria Falls
Scenic Highlights: Meet the San Bushmen on the fringes of the Kalahari Desert, get into the wild with dugout canoe rides and bush camping in the Okavango Delta, cruise the Chobe River at sunset, feel the mist of the mighty Victoria Falls
Traveling the Mogue River by motorized dugout canoe, your expedition guide will help you spot wildlife — astonishingly - colored roseate spoonbills, ibises, osprey, and raccoons can be seen fishing for breakfast from the water's edge.
As we were waiting by the riverside, two smiling men in a traditional dugout canoe approached, ready to take us for a memorable trip.
These waters can easily be reached in a galawa, the Comorans» traditional paddled dugout canoe.
Explore the stunning Delta Panhandle with expert local guides to enjoy wildlife viewing from mokoros, African dugout canoes, and on bush walks; also visit a fish monitoring station and a local village.
Seeking sanctuary, the Garifuna arrived in Belize on a fleet of dugout canoes, an event which is re-enacted on the morning of November 19 every year for the national holiday of Garifuna Settlement Day.
Gazing down to the river we see a tiny dugout canoe.
We'd spent three weeks navigating rapids and fretting about crocodiles or hippos tipping our old dugout canoe but a vast field of waterfalls and churning white water had finally proved too intimidating for us and our leaking craft.
And dugout canoe armadas populated entirely by the K - 12 set.
Some even offer native - powered dugout canoe rides through portions of the wetland.
Ramp up your nature and wildlife fix with a stay in an Amazon rainforest lodge afterward — think dugout canoe rides and neon - colored parrot displays.
We'll walk the beaches where three species of sea turtle return to lay their clutch of eggs; motor up the unnamed rivers into secret lagoons deep in the park to watch Howler Monkeys leap from one towering Ficus to the next..., and float by dugout canoes filled to bursting with bananas on their way to market.
A culturally and historically correct dugout canoe constructed of the heart of a redwood tree is on display.
And about to embark up piranha infested waters in a skinny little dugout canoe.
Travel by dugout canoe past crocs and anacondas
This memory had somehow eluded us and we were now sat in our own dugout canoe (or «pirogue»), with our bicycles and all our possessions loaded in front of us.
From here you will cross the lagoon on a «curiara» (Indian dugout canoe) which will take you to a short hiking trail where you will begin an easy hike to a waterfall called El Sapo, here you will find yourself following the trail that takes you directly behind the curtain of water of this incredible waterfall (be ready to get wet!!).
Having finally fought our way free of a narrow, overgrown channel of quick water running through dense forest, our lumbering dugout canoe suddenly surged out into the open.
Mokoros are dugout canoes manoeuvred through the waterways by local guides who «pole» them through the reeds.
We help ourselves to a fresh salad bar set in an ancient dugout canoe, then move on to ceviche and grilled T - bone steak.
Old Temician Dugout canoe, hot - type museum, San Juan Hotel exhibit, country store, pioneer kitchen, picture gallery and research library.
Every November 19, Belize celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day to commemorate the arrival of the Garifuna on the shores of Belize more than 200 years ago, entertaining locals and visitors alike with a dawn re-enactment featuring dugout canoes, parades, musical demonstrations, and plenty of traditional Garifuna foods.
Wakatobi Dive Resort is a place for divers who are respectful of the environment in which they dive and whose definition of a great evening out includes exhilarating night dives, dining under the stars, dugout canoe sailing, and beach strolling with a friend or loved one under a painted sunset.
It features a 2.5» warrior with bow and arrow, a 2.25» warrior with club, a 2.5» robed chief, a 2.25» mother with nude child on her back, a 1.5» tall 2» wide woman fanning a fire, a 2» child carrying corn, a 1.5» tall by 2.25» long bear, a 1.5» by 2» stretched animal skin, a 1.25» tall by 2» long fox, a 2.75» long dugout canoe and a 2» by 2» deer.
The riverfront was jammed with men in dugout canoes.
Here we board a powerful motorized dugout canoe and set off to the nearby confluence of the mighty Madre de Dios River, a headwaters tributary of the Amazon.
The next day, explore the stunning Delta Panhandle with local guides amd enjoy wildlife viewing from mokoros, African dugout canoes, and on bush walks.
Meet the San Bushmen on the fringes of the Kalahari Desert, get into the wild with dugout canoe rides and wilderness camping in the Okavango Delta, cruise the Chobe River at sunset, view the mighty...
Overlooking a forest boma, or outdoor dining area, lined with traditional dugout canoes, guest areas are characterized by soaring spaces that house local artworks and tactile fabrics.
I was fortunate to see it from the air — before exploring it in a tiny dugout canoe.
Cruise the Chobe River, explore wilderness on wildlife walks, bush camp and take in dugout canoe rides in the Okavango Delta, marvel at the Kalahari Desert.
We stop at a wide, shallow river, where a man in a dugout canoe ferries us across.
By CATHY SEARSAS our dugout canoe floats silently down a tributary of the Orinoco river in the llanos, the central plains of Venezuela, I realise we are being observed.
We were traveling by dugout canoe with guides for many days.
AS our dugout canoe floats silently down a tributary of the Orinoco river in the llanos, the central plains of Venezuela, I realise we are being observed.
This pursuit has taken him to 45 countries and counting, including Mongolia, Nicaragua, and North Korea, by Russian jeep, motorcycle, dugout canoe, horse and camel.
Given license to pursue his own interests, one boy several years ago built a dugout canoe.
Making his way in an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a pygmy rights advocate, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers.
Going by train, dugout canoe, «chicken bus,» and cattle truck, Theroux passes through some of the most beautiful — and often life - threatening — landscapes on earth.
I journeyed through its remotest jungles in a dugout canoe, or followed a native guide, hacking my way through the dim, tangled rainforest.
«Somewhere in the South Pelagic Ocean,» a tidal wave wipes out the population of a small island — except for Mau, who was paddling his dugout canoe home after a month spent alone, preparing to become a man.
The ghostly silhouette of a man standing at the bow and wielding an automatic rifle sharpened as the dugout canoe floated out of the drizzly mists, heading for our idyll, a vine - bestrewn cove on the Congo River that was sheltered by gargantuan trees and a high arching bank of reddish earth.
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