Imagine, for a second, that you’re visiting a place you’ve always wanted to see – living an adventure that lays deep inside your heart and captivates your curiosity. Maybe you’re setting foot in a rainforest for the first time, breathing in the sweet scent of life, glimpsing the flittering blue of a Morpho butterfly’s wings,…
‘Don’t give up’ is the message that Kathleen Retourne wanted to share when she took a chance on entering Travel Blogger of the Year. Having won Second Runner Up in the Judges’ Choice competition for her story ‘Where the sky meets the earth’, it’s clear that her message of hope hit home. On the surface,…
A courageous story about the power of nature travel to ease the trials of pregnancy won judges’ hearts in Travel Blogger of the Year. Conservationist and National Geographic Kids contributor Kate Stephenson of Kate On Conservation took a risk when she wrote candidly about her experience of pregnancy while visiting Saint Lucia. But her honesty…
On 31 January 2020, a story about discovering your own road, rather than chasing a destination, won travel writer Erik Gauger the title of Travel Blogger of the Year. At first glance, it might seem that Gauger’s story, ‘The Places Between’, is an unusual choice for the competition’s theme ‘Your favourite place on Earth’. But…
A story about finding your own road, rather than chasing a destination, won travel writer Erik Gauger the title of Travel Blogger of the Year. Travel Blogger of the Year is run by Terra Incognita, a social enterprise that seeks to promote the best examples of ethical ecotourism worldwide, and sponsored by SWAROVSKI OPTIK, Tranquilo…