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Don't Be Afraid to Get Into the Water: Take the Plunge with Crocs, Sharks, and Rays
If 'fear' is your middle name, then we have a few awesome underwater adventures to whet your appetite.
Malia Obama Brings Back the "Gap Year"—Here's Why Every Student Should Take One (and How)
What You and Your Teen Should Know About Planning a Successful—and Peripatetic—Gap Year
See the Stunning Photos That Were Just Named the World’s Best in 2021
Eye-catching images from the U.K., Zimbabwe, India, and many other places took home top honors in the highly regarded Sony World Photography Awards last week. The online galleries…
Favorite Moments in Cape Town
Atop Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Hidden Travel/Frommers.com Community
Monkey Attacks on the Rise at Tourism Hotspots—How to Stay Safe
Something has changed the natural behavior of the monkeys living around the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia. The APSARA National Authority, which manages the famed archaeological…
All the Views Fit to Print: Photo Safaris Across Africa
January 21, 2004 -- Focus on Africa wants you to come on a safari with them, shoot some film, and, if the images pass muster, get them printed in a coffee table book. Repeating its…
How to Pack for an African Safari
You'll need strategy, not a big pre-vacation shopping trip. Here's what to bring with you for this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Countries That Use the US Dollar as Currency
You can fall back on your greenbacks in these countries that use the U.S. dollar as currency.
How to Go on an African Safari for Less Money: Tips By Industry Experts
It’s common knowledge that safaris can be eye-wateringly expensive, but taking a walk on the wild side doesn’t have to cost the world. Here’s how to make a quality…
Interactive Tool for Tracking Travel Restrictions Around the World
A handy online tool for tracking travel restrictions across the globe has been unveiled by the Montréal-based International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade group representing…
Bar Tab: Map Shows the Cost of Beer Around the World
“Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!” That toast and its airtight logic come…
In Honor of International Dog Day: The Most Popular Breeds in the World
When I travel with my friend Rachel, which I do every other year or so, we come back with as many photos of dogs as we do pictures of monuments. Rachel, you see, is canine crazy, and…
Which of the World's Great Road Trips Has the Best Weather Conditions for Driving?
Visibility is tops "in the hierarchy of perfect driving conditions," asserts British meteorologist Jim N.R. Dale in a new report that ranks road trips by weather. That sounds like bad…
Solar Eclipse: If You Missed It in 2026, Here Are the Next Big Ones to Travel For
The chances are strong that you didn't personally witness the total solar eclipse of Aug. 12, 2026. The path of totality—the area under which the sun is completely obscured by the moon…
How to Find the Right Travel Agent for You
We have a few tips.
“Risk of Outbreaks High”: Tourists Warned of Deadly Disease Spread by Mosquitoes
So far this year, several countries in South America—including tourism heavy hitters like Colombia and Peru—have reported cases of yellow fever, a potentially deadly virus that's…
Dengue Fever Surges in the USA! Learn How to Prevent Mosquito Bites When You Travel
Just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning about the increased risk of dengue virus infections in the United States, Florida health officials…
Never Again: Important Museums and Memorials to Human Rights Disasters
The museums and memorials that chronicle the saddest chapters of the 20th century serve at least three essential functions: to tell the truth about what happened, to remember those who…
Best Vacations for Seniors: Ideas for Travelers of Retirement Age and Older
Travel tops the to-do lists of most people of retirement age and older, according to the AARP—a group that ought to know. “Research after research has shown that it’s the number-one…
Spectacular Spelunking: Cool Caves Around the World
Some of the most spectacular views of the earth come not from towering heights, but from deep inside it. These wondrous caverns—from the rainforests of Belize to rocky dwellings in…
Extreme Cuisine: A Food Challenge to Take You Around the World
The story goes that many Americans believed that tomatoes were poisonous until Thomas Jefferson, who grew them in his garden and used them as a core ingredient in the kitchen,…
How to Pick the Right Tour Company For You
Finding the right tour company shouldn’t be as difficult as it is. But multi-day tours are complex. Their success depends on a number of factors: the talents of the guide(s), the logic…
The World's Most Tolerant Countries—UPDATED 2021
With antidemocratic movements on the rise, it can seem like the world is becoming a less welcoming place. That outcome would be entirely at odds with the most rewarding type of travel,…
Countries Where the U.S. Dollar Is Strong Right Now
Frommer’s got its start in 1957 with a series of guidebooks about seeing the world on $5 a day. As you might have noticed, prices have gone up a little since then.But there are still…
10 Places to Find Big Game
African hunters called them the Big Five: the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo—the five trophy animals that were hardest to find, most dangerous to stalk, and…