Our fearless leader makes the grade again! Travel + Leisure’s highly anticipated, highly exclusive A-List, showcasing the best travel specialists in the business, is out! We are not surprised that Cherri Briggs, owner of EXPLORE, made the cut yet again this year. Though Cherri is no newbie to the A Team in the world of African travel, her team here…
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Meet Cherri Briggs, Owner of EXPLORE INC.
Seasoned travelers who are searching for a one-of-a-kind African safari experience need to have an expert explorer on their side; someone who has dedicated herself to discovering the most extraordinary secret places in the wild and last traditional indigenous people on the continent. Meet Cherri Briggs, owner of EXPLORE INC. Cherri has spent over half her adult life traveling through…
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Condé Nast Traveler honors EXPLORE
EXPLORE Makes the Grade Again!! Cherri Briggs of EXPLORE INC has been named one of Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialists for the 12th year in a row! From Condé Nast Traveler editor Wendy Perrin: “The travel planners collected here represent the best blend of destination knowledge, insider connections, user-friendliness, and value for your dollar that I’ve found in more…
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EXPLORE supports WITNESS “Focus for Change” Benefit
At EXPLORE, we are committed to the conservation and support of local communities, particularly in the more remote regions of Africa. In our experience we have found that travel and tourism can be the pivotal tool in promoting sustainable development and environmental protection in the areas in which we do business. Not only do we choose lodges and camps that…
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Effective Malaria Treatment for Africa
An Exciting Breakthrough With much relief to us at EXPLORE and to all of our fellow travelers and friends in Africa, researchers from the University of Cape Town “have announced that they have made a huge breakthrough in research for a cure for malaria,” according to Dorine Reinstein of TourismUpdate.co.za. As an African custom tour operator for the past twenty…
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Great Cats at Risk
There are few places on Earth that are more compelling and mesmerizing than Africa and its richness and diversity of culture, landscape and wildlife. Many travelers choose “going on safari” to view animals that do not exist anywhere else. This experience invokes a true feeling of being in the wild, often referred to as “the bush.” Spotting “The Big 5”…
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Picture Yourself in Africa
Imagine the surprise of EXPLORE clients Susan and John Peter when they received an email from South African Airways congratulating them on winning the “Picture Yourself in Africa” contest. And imagine their delight when they realized they had won two round trip tickets allowing them to fly from the US to Johannesburg or Cape Town! On their second trip with EXPLORE,…
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EXPLORE Employee Publishes Water Book
EXPLORE employee Stephen Grace has just published his sixth book: DAM NATION: How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine Its Future. Across the world, our misuse of water is reaching crisis proportions. Here in the Lower Zambezi region of Zambia, Richard is hard at work developing an irrigation project to help local people who live near one of Africa’s largest rivers…
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Elephant ivory trade Senate hearing and testimonies
Elephant poaching for the ivory trade has reached crisis proportions in Africa. Chairman Kerry and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are investigating this crisis and bringing attention to it at the highest levels of the American government. For those of you who were unable to watch the Congressional hearing on “Ivory and Insecurity: The global implications of poaching in Africa” live,…
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