Antarctica

Overland Discounts

Aug 7th, 2008 | By Editor | Category: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, Overlanding News, Pacific, South America

Check out our overlanding discounts page, we have a list of late running discounts from various overlanding companies. A whole set of new brochures will be avialable from September so you may be able to take advantage now!



Antarctica cruises Fuel surcharges

Jul 24th, 2008 | By Editor | Category: Antarctica, Overlanding News, Tucan

Many overland companies offer add on packages to the antarctic, but these too have been hit hard by fuel prices. Tucan have recently added US$600 due to their supplier Antarpply Expeditions adding a fuel surcharge. Read more



New Wonders of the Natural World

Jul 14th, 2008 | By Editor | Category: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, Overlanding News, Pacific, South America

The eight new natural sites added this year include:

Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada)
Mount Sanqingshan National Park (China)
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France)
Surtsey (Iceland)
Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Switzerland)
Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)

With the new additions, the World Heritage List now has 878 sites (679 cultural, 174 natural and 25 mixed) in 145 countries.