Sentences with phrase «own dugout canoe»
These waters can easily be reached in a galawa, the Comorans» traditional paddled dugout canoe.
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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.
The riverfront was jammed with men in dugout canoes.
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.
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.
We could possibly even fish for piranha from a dugout canoe on an expedition - style cruise of the Amazon River's mighty tributaries!
The dugout canoe was a beautifully crafted water vessel that included the special emblem of the QueenÂ's Diamond Jubilee.
A croc pulled a girl out from the front of a dugout canoe on the other side of the river five years ago.
And dugout canoe armadas populated entirely by the K - 12 set.
He travels overland from Lake Tanganyika to the river's headwaters on the back of a motorbike, dodging mai - mai soldiers armed with machine guns, then downriver by UN patrol boat, dugout canoe and overcrowded barge.
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.
Settle into a remote bush camp in the Okavango Delta and explore wildlife - rich waterways by dugout canoe.
Glide silently between tall avenues of papyrus and river reeds, sprawled comfortably on the flat wooden wedge of a traditional dugout canoe, or mokoro.
The best and most peaceful way to experience it is by mokoro (dugout canoe) as you gently glide past dainty waterlilies, colourful reed frogs and other curious creatures.
Game drives; bush walks; seasonal mokoro (dugout canoe) and motorised boat cruises African wild dog, lion, leopard, giraffe, elephant, kudu, red lechwe, tsessebe, buffalo and hippo
The wittily observant and endearingly irascible author takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry and train.
Search for rare wildlife species while paddling a dugout canoe along the shores of a beautiful mirror lake.
Stay at a remote bush camp in the Okavango Delta, and seek out elephants, lions, zebras, and much more while exploring by dugout canoe.
Explore the lake by dugout canoe, and watch for endangered river otters, along with side - neck turtles, anacondas, black caimans, and boisterous red howler monkeys — appropriately named for their distinctive cry.
Explore the stunning Delta Panhandle with local guides and enjoy wildlife viewing from mokoros, African dugout canoes, and on bush walks.
Some even offer native - powered dugout canoe rides through portions of the wetland.
Boasting gorgeous wetlands — a rare landscape in Laos — visitors can glide through the waterways in a dugout canoe, trek up Phou Asa and do a village homestay.
A trip through the wetlands in a dugout canoe is an absolute highlight.
The red howler monkeys had barely finished roaring at the dawn when our dugout canoe beached on the shore of the Madre de Dios River.
A traditional dugout canoe, known as a haabja in the local lingo, is the best way to explore the wilderness of Soomaa National Park.
I had to see for myself, so I hopped a dugout canoe to their village.
A culturally and historically correct dugout canoe constructed of the heart of a redwood tree is on display.
Experience the culture of Cape Town, spot wildlife on safari drives in Etosha National Park, cruise the Okavango Delta in a dugout canoe, meet the San Bushmen, marvel at Fish River Canyon and Victo...
Search for the Big Five across Africa, snorkel the turquoise waters of Zanzibar, get wet at Victoria Falls, cruise the Okavango in dugout canoes, catch the sunset at Fish River Canyon, explore cosm...
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...
Cruise the Okavango Delta in a dugout canoe, meet the San Bushmen, marvel at Fish River Canyon, spot the Big Five in Etosha and Kruger National Parks, experience local dancing, discover the less - vi...
Witness the immense Kalahari Desert and Victoria Falls, experience wildlife walks and wilderness camping, float past hippos in a dugout canoe, learn about the San Bushmen, search for wildlife.
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...
Approach by dugout canoe from Canaima Camp, floating through lush rainforest, before a jungle trek to the vantage point of El Mirador de Laime.
Highlights include exclusive visits at Guna Yala Islands and Darién villages, explorations of historic Casco Antiguo and San Lorenzo Fort, wildlife viewing in the Darién Jungle by motorized dugout canoe, bird watching along the Chagres River and a full transit of the 48 - mile long Panama Canal.
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.
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...
Travel by dugout canoe past crocs and anacondas
Splash in the Rapti River and head off on a dugout canoe adventure.
On the Pacific side, travelers hike into the Punta Patiño Nature Reserve in the Darién Jungle, spot wildlife on the Mogue River by motorized dugout canoe and meet locals at an Emberá village.
Paddle deep into indigenous territories in a dugout canoe, or explore the remains of Spanish forts on the coast.
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.
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.
We had only 50 km until the town of Sandoa where we would rest before buying a dugout canoe and descending a river for some time.
Those remaining were exiled to Honduras and eventually migrated by dugout canoe along the Central American coast, reaching Belize in 1802.
Their canoes were made from folded bark (from Eucalyptus trees) stitched together at each end with pieces of cane, or a dugout canoe, which were later adapted to become and outrigger type.