Leopard spotted on drive between airstrip and Joy's Camp in Meru National Park on Saturday 13th Fenruary 2010

TURTLE BAY HONOURED IN THE 2010 TRIPADVISOR TRAVELERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

January 21 2010: Kenya’s Turtle Bay Beach Club has been chosen as a Best Family Hotel in Africa by TripAdvisor® in its 2010 Travelers’ Choice® awards. Now in its eighth year, the annual TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice awards honour the world’s best hotels, earning their distinction from those who know them best – real travellers.

The beautiful 145 room Turtle Bay Beach Club is set amongst 10 acres of tropically landscaped gardens on Kenya’s famous Watamu beach. The resort is well know for its excellent children’s facilities including a popular Kids Club where junior guests get to have fun on the beach and at the same time learn about the area surrounding the resort, its animals, birds and plants. All guests enjoy excellent water sports facilities in the national Watamu Marine Park which hosts an abundant variety of fish, coral and marine life. Above the waves there are hundreds of bird species to see and enjoy

Unlike any other hotel awards programmes in the world, TripAdvisor® Travelers' Choice® winners are based on the millions of real and unbiased reviews and opinions about hotels on tripadvisor.com™ and content from across the web. Turtle Bay’s award results from the thousands of happy holidaymakers who have praised the resort on TripAdvisior .

Northern White Rhinos Arrive on Ol Pejeta.

On Monday, December 21st, after travelling from the Czech Republic to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sudan – a 32 year old male northern white rhino – ate grass for the first time in over 30 years. It was an emotional time for all of us watching on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Sudan, who was moved from Africa when he was about a year and a ½ old, had truly come home. 


All four of the rhinos who were translocated from Dvur Kralove Zoo on the 19th of December, are doing well. Sudan, Suni, Najin and Fatu arrived on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy around 12:30 local time on 20th Dec, after having travelled by air and road. It was a long journey and we all waited anxiously for them to be offloaded. 
Surrounded by a team of professionals, the crates were quickly taken off the trucks and all four animals were safely released into their new “bomas” within 3 hours. 
The animals will be carefully monitored for a few weeks and kept within small enclosures for the first phase of the project, after which they will be given more room and eventually released to a larger area.


UNIGLOBE Lets Go Travel was awarded the 2010 Chairman’s Circle Designation, recognizing it as one of the top performing UNIGLOBE agencies worldwide at the organization’s annual Chairman’s Circle retreat of its top Agencies and Travel Management Companies (TMCs) from around the world, held last week at the Park Hyatt, Buenos Aires.

"Alan Dixson, owner of UNIGLOBE Lets Go Travel, and his staff have demonstrated outstanding customer service and industry-leading sales performance throughout this past year. The Chairman's Circle designation is bestowed upon just the top UNIGLOBE owners who exceed rigorous performance and operating standards," says Martin Charlwood, President of UNIGLOBE Travel International LP.

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“I’m very optimistic about market growth in 2010” says Chairman, U. Gary Charlwood.

December 10, 2009 - Vancouver – At a meeting of the world’s leading UNIGLOBE member agencies in Buenos Aires last weekend, U. Gary Charlwood, Chairman and Founder of UNIGLOBE Travel International, announced that 2009 was a growth year for the travel franchise organization.

“Despite dire news stories that dominated much of the travel industry in 2009,” says Charlwood, “there were economies that weathered the global recession and offered new market opportunities.

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Untitled Document Dear Friends and supporters, Some Good News at last-as you would have heard: Our 2009 Laikipia Highland Games (Sports for Peace) unanimously WON the prestigious Sport for Peace Event of the Year at the international Forum for Peace and Sport in Monaco. I travelled to get the award at the invitation of the organisers. I was amazed that our young event, born out of the intuition that putting contending youth together across the tribal divide for peaceful but competitive pursuits that include their own traditional games of skill in addition to modern athletics would really work in promoting peace and reconciliation-could get such glowing recognition in a forum that saw the whos who of world sport gather in Monaco. I was deeply moved and accepted it on behalf of the Highlands athletes, the warriors, the women and children, the veritable peaceful army of builders and workers who made it possible. As rains still seems to have forgotten Laikipia and dams are practically empty, hungers bite and our feeding continues twice a week(since January) this encouraging news gives joy and pride to our loyal and dedicated team, our neighbours and the thousands that were parts of the games. It is THEIR award. We thank our supporters, who have made this possible. Blessings Kuki Kuki Gallmann in Laikipia Nature Conservancy

An Annular eclipse took place during the morning of 15th January 2010, across parts of Kenya. Light was dimmed for over an hour but the ring around the sun was seen for about 8 minutes. A marked cooling in the temperature was noticed, and birds and animals quietened down as if at twilight. An Annular eclpse occurs when the sun, moon and earth are in a straight line, with the moon directly between the earth and the sun, but when the shadow of the moon does not quite reach the earth totally blocking the light from the sun.

With surging demand for power and blackouts common across the continent, Africa is looking to solar, wind and geothermal technologies to meet its energy needs One of the hottest places in the world is set to become the site of Africa's most ambitious venture in the battle against global warming.

UNIGLOBE Lets Go Travel launches their new website. Please post your comments on the various safaris and lodges, and share your experiences. If you have a photo or video that you would like to share please contact us.