Charities We Love is a series featuring inspirational charities from around the world. At We Are Travel Girls we care about giving back and hope this spotlight will help our readers discover organizations committed to bettering our planet. This week…
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HOUSE SITTING: HOW TO TRAVEL THE WORLD FOR (ALMOST) FREE
House sitting is one of the best travel tips I can recommend. Did you know you could score accommodation for free or as little as AUD$30/year? Or if you’re giving the digital nomad lifestyle a shot, there’s a way you…
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO VISITING YALA NATIONAL PARK, SRI LANKA
Yala National Park is situated on the south coast of Sri Lanka, with parts of the park reaching to the water and touching the Indian Ocean. Unlike the safaris of Africa, Yala is still relatively undiscovered and catching up to…
UNEXPECTED SITES OF NAIROBI, KENYA
The infamous first lines of The Lion King’s “Circle of Life” – the ones hardly anyone gets right when signing along – played in my head throughout our time in Kenya and Tanzania. When thinking of visiting Africa, the first…
SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI IN THE KAROO, EASTERN CAPE
I’m in a van cruising along a lone highway through the Karoo. My knees are bobbing and hands shaking as I type. We’re in the middle of nowhere on a bumpy road headed south for the Port Elizabeth airport. There,…
VOLUNTEERING AT ESTERILIZA Y EDUCA DOG SANCTUARY, MEXICO
Last year while living in the tropical paradise of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, one of the southern states of Mexico, I decided to spend some of my free time volunteering. Like in many developing countries there are issues. The one issue that…