The Holbrook Explorer
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Journey with Elizabeth on The Incas and the Amazon: An Active Grandparent Adventure
Day 1 / June 21, 2013 My day started early, but I was so happy to be traveling to Peru and flying out of my home airport Gainesville, FL! I was accompanying my colleague Frank Richmond on the “shadow” trip on the first running of our Road Scholar program, The Incas and the Amazon, an active 12...
Hike, snorkel and rappel to find the mystery of the Maya in Belize and Guatemala
Join us on this exciting adventure in Belize and Guatemala with our travel partners at Road Scholar. For outdoor enthusiasts and pre-Columbian history buffs the Central American neighbors of Belize and Guatemala offer the best of both worlds. Virgin rain forests with orchids, howler monkeys and...
Exploring the Natural World with Holbrook Travel's Field-Based Learning Seminar
From the group gathered around a plant's broad leaf, hushed exclamations of "awesome!" and "so cool!" can be heard. A flashlight shines on a red-eyed tree frog, and someone has spotted an egg sac nearby. It's the first night of Holbrook Travel's Field-Based Learning Seminar, a professional...
Ranomafana National Park — Say it Three Times Fast!
Learning how to pronounce Ranomafana National Park’s name was well worth the effort because it’s all I’ve been talking about since exploring the riches of its 102,000+ acres of rainforest habitat. The beauty and biodiversity of the park make it a must-see on any route in Madagascar. It’s not often...
Manuel Antonio National Park, a biodiversity gem along the pacific coast
I awake this morning to a crystal clear day with the sun shining brightly at 6 a.m. It reflects off the subtle turquoise of the ocean, my view is worth the wait, endless sea stretches as far as the eye can see, the vista dotted with palm trees, tropical flowers, and many others I cannot name. I...