Tanzania is a paradise for the adventurous safari. Unique natural texture and diversity of flora and fauna make Tanzania to be one of the major destinations for foreign tourists on safari fun.
Country located in East Africa has several National Parks and Conservation Areas are famous, such as the Serengeti National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro National Park, Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, Ruaha National Park, and many other similar-scattered across the country.
Here are some tips if you want a safari in Tanzania.
1. Contact safari team of professional travel agents who many exist in East Africa or their representatives in Asia.
2. They will help booking travel tickets from Jakarta pp and information and other services such as visas, travel insurance, accommodation, and so on.
3. The team consists of a safari guide, driver and cook. They are equipped cars rover 4x4 and camping equipment complete. Do not forget to leave a tip of 10 dollars per day for every one of them.
4. Equip yourself with: a complete travel documents, travel insurance, cash (because of the difficulty of access to ATMs), drugs, anti mosquito cream, sunscreen, flashlight (preferably that can be mounted on the forehead), sunglasses, scarves to cover the nose and mouth due to dusty conditions during the road trip, hats, clothing that absorbs sweat, warm jacket anti wind, wet wipes (also tissue rolls), sandals and shoes comfortable for walking. Do not forget binoculars to see details of the animals from a distance, and a photo camera to capture special moments on safari.
5. Drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration during a safari trip.
6. Obliged to respect the local culture and customs and littering are strictly prohibited
Since five years ago, the online travel search on Google in Indonesia increased by 50-fold. The main quest that include flights, hotels, and tourist destinations.
This
was disclosed by Head of Travel, Google Indonesia, Henky Prihatna, the
seminar Web In Travel, Pullman Hotel, Jakarta, Wednesday (27/3/2013)
ago. "Search on airlines such as airlines, hotels and tourist destination on Google search about 2 million per day," he said.
Uniquely, added Henky, seekers are mostly mobile users. Mobile users to donate 27 percent of all searches on the Google search. In fact, Henky say, 1 in 4 search on Google is a mobile user.
Co-Founder
and Managing Director Tiket.com, Undarsa, also said similar things,
namely mobile internet usage will be more than using a computer. "The
trend to use mobile community continues to rise. Indeed many people who
know the start of the mobile internet, from a smartphone than a PC," he
said.
"Some
17 percent of people do searches trip through mobile applications, 12
percent download mobile applications associated with travel," said
Undarsa.
However,
despite the relatively high through mobile search, it turns out, said
Brata Rafly, Commercial Director of Mandala, through mobile revenue
remains low. Rarely the booking transaction"Indonesia's
market it is extremely high for an online search, especially mobile and
thanks to mobile development can be 100 percent. Though high search
online via smartphones, but that does booking is still low," said Brata.
However,
added Brata, there are still many people who do a search even booking
through traditional means, namely through the travel agent. "Traditional
Offline travel still exist, they are usually the first-time traveler.
They went to travel agents who sell tickets," said Brata.
The problem, Brata, to be able to perform online transactions via credit card are required at least ATM. While not all people have it, so, there are still pay using cash. So they went to the travel providers.
"That
would not fly but baseball had credit cards or they have money but
baseball has a credit card that we could actually use the ATM payments.
Usually they contact our call center or use the packages in the travel
agent," added Joey Brata.
You are a woman and want to vacation alone? Why not. However, as the womenfolk especially is traveling alone, must have had extra security self. Because women are particularly vulnerable to becoming targets of crime.
There
are several reasons why women so easily become targets of crime by
Marybeth Bond, a travel writer, told the Huffington Post. Among
other things, they often lack awareness of the state of the surrounding
environment, the body language of women who tend to be shy, and often
in the wrong place and the wrong time.
To prevent the occurrence of crime in women, especially while on vacation, keep in mind the following things.
Applies like being in the city itselfBeware on any events that are around. More sensitive to bad things that might happen at any time. Be careful in crowded environments, because it could be the most dangerous.
If you are alone, do not drive through the dark and empty street especially at night. It's good to insure yourself while on the move.
Follow instinctIf you feel something strange around, tanggaplah quickly. Run faster, run, scream, or do anything quickly invite people to come in to help.
Keeping clothesNote the local culture in dress, Mingle with the local community by using the right clothes. If
in doubt, do not use the clothes you bring if not fit with the culture
of the local people dressed up, and if you have to go out at night, have
a long jacket to cover your body parts.
Body languageKeep outlook and stepped confidently. If your attitude like a confused tourist who became an easy target for fraud. If you are being followed or feel something is threatening, do not hesitate to report to local officials.
Try to sit close to the set of her or other family, as if you are part of them.
Wedding ringConsider using a wedding ring on the finger to avoid the view of those around about the detail that is in your body.
MoneyBring enough money to pay, do not show it to many people if you bring a lot of money. Be careful also to strangers who offered food or drink.
Trends in the travel plans changed along with the growth of the search and through the online payment system. As expressed by the Head of Travel Google Indonesia, Henky Prihatna, the seminar Web In Travel, Pullman Hotel, Jakarta, Wednesday (27/03/2013) and then, the plot traveled usually consists of five things: the dream, plan, book , travel and share stories.
"Five things Indonesia arrange the type, ie dreaming, planning, booking, experience, and sharing. Usually they are divided into two, namely travel for business or just having fun," he said.
Become tourist destinations are also varied. For overseas are usually the most popular are Singapore, Malaysia, USA and Hong Kong. While the country is Bandung, Bali, Surabaya, Malang, Yogyakarta, Medan and Semarang.
"As many as 15 percent of their business travel needs, while 84 per cent just to have fun," he added.
Search and payments for tourism through online also eventually increase the use of credit cards that are spent for tourism.
However, according to AVP Product Development BNI Credit Card, Prih Harwadi, the increase is not too high for security reasons. "People are not too many who use credit cards for shopping tours because they are not sure of its safety. Fact, online credit card more secure now," he said.
Prih revealed, most people shop for tourism is to buy a plane ticket and hotel room bookings. "For travel purposes, the dominant chose Singapore Indonesia and Malaysia," added Prih.
Thousands
of visitors fill the weekend to coincide with the Easter holiday in
Bogor Botanical Gardens, one of the attractions in the city of rain,
Sunday (03/31/2013).According
to the Civil Administration Ticketing Bogor Botanical Gardens,
Suciyarno increased number of visitors this weekend from a normal day. "There was a slight surge in the number of visitors, about 15 percent, on Friday and Saturday," said Suciyarno.Holy
detailing the number of visitors to the Bogor Botanical Gardens on
Easter holiday on Friday (03/29/2013) based on the number of tickets
sold that many as 6014 tickets. This number increased on Saturday (30/03/2013) of 6373 tickets.When
compared to the previous weekend, Saturday (03/23/2013) botanical
garden visitor numbers as 2827 tickets on Sunday and reach the 4231
ticket.These visitors, mostly from family and personal circles. Different when the working day, visitors were dominated visiting school children. In addition, the visitors this weekend not only from the domestic but also foreign nationals. "Of the number of inbound visitors, 10 percent are foreign visitors," says Saint.According
to the Bible, despite the surge of visitors this weekend but the
increase was not significant when compared to the peak increase in
visitor numbers in Bogor Botanical Garden occurred on Eid in 2012 where
one day reach the 23,000 tickets sold.When compared with normal days, the number of visitors Bogor Botanical Gardens, on average 1,000 to 2,500. A large number of visitors to the Bogor Botanical Gardens are also affected by the weather.When
the holiday weekend weather in the city of Bogor is erratic, sometimes
hot in the morning until noon and sudden rain in the afternoon, while
the operating hours of the Bogor Botanical Gardens beginning at 8:00
a.m. to 17:00 hrs. "We
look at the schedule, at 16:30 hrs, when it rained and the atmosphere
in the garden was deserted, we pull the ticket," says Saint.To
be able to enjoy a holiday in Bogor Botanical Garden, visitors can buy a
ticket for Rp 14,000 per person for domestic and Rp 25,000 per person
for foreigners.
MOST tourists who visit the city of New York, the United States, would immediately go see the modern town atmosphere and full of light in Manhattan. However, when looking for cheap, Long Island City in Queens is an attractive option.
Tourists are now getting interested to visit the other side of New York in Long Island City. Parts of the city offers cheap accommodation and tourist attractions that are not less interesting than Manhattan, quoted from Dailymail, Saturday (03/23/2013).
Approximately 15 hotels have opened in Long Island City since 2006, ranging from boutique hotels to large hotels. From this area, you can see views of New York skyline and easy access to taxi, subway, or ferry.
Long Island City has many attractions, such as water parks, museums, and many restaurants. Even so, the flagship is ex-industrial building that became the identity of local communities. For example, a former piano factory, which opened since 1870s, where tourists can take a tour to explore it.
In addition, the film is also one of the mainstay industries of this place. Here are The Museum of the Moving Image, which in 1920 is a movie studio and has produced a silent film in the past. You can see the old movie camera and movie costumes past.
Culinary in Long Island City is also interesting. This area is known as an ethnic Greek village, so many restaurants serving the country. But not only that, food here is very diverse, ranging from Asian to European cuisine.
ON VACATION rainy season? Certainly not fun, because you are so obstructed to explore tourist places and had to stay in the hotel. A hotel in Australia offers exciting, which is a discount if you stay when it was raining.
Noosa International Resort in Queensland provide attractive offers for tourists not disappointed though when on holiday in rainy season. The resort offers guests a 20 percent discount for when it rains when they stay.
Noosa International Resort Director Richard Stephens said the offer is given to attract tourists to keep coming despite the bad weather. "Last week after the offer is given, increased hotel bookings," Stephens said, as quoted by SMH, Sunday (03/31/2013).
The rain made the hotel reservations while declining in the Easter holiday resort. However, the presence of attractive discounts, returns from a lot of people who flock to the resort that is known as a tropical vacation.
Over the past few months, Queensland hit by four hurricanes, floods, cold and rain that makes the state of Australia known as the 'Sunshine Coast' is deserted tourist.
