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Rocky Mountaineer ~ The Trip of a Lifetime

June 12, 2017 by Lynn 3 Comments

Rocky Mountaineer ~ The Trip of a Lifetime ...

ROCKY MOUNTAINEER ~ THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME Are you looking for the trip of a lifetime?  One you will never forget that brings you in close touch with one of nature’s greatest achievements in an ambiance of maximum luxury?   Then let me recommend one of Canada’s hottest tourist attractions, the unique Rocky Mountaineer experience…. 

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Filed Under: Animal Adventures, Canada, Countries of the World, Culinary Delights, Hotels, Luxury Escapes, N. America, Rocky Mountaineer Tagged With: Canada, rail, Rocky Mountaineer, Rocky Mountains, train, Travel, Trip of a Lifetime, Vancouvedr

Start or Finish your Alaska Cruise Tour on land!

February 7, 2017 by Denis 2 Comments

Start or finish your Alaska Cruise Tour on land! Are you considering taking an Alaska Cruise?  After all, the Alaska cruise is on the bucket list of most American tourists … and for good reason.  It is a glorious adventure in one of the world’s last unspoiled regions.  You can get a glimpse of Alaska… 

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Filed Under: Alaska Cruise, Animal Adventures, Countries of the World, Cruises, N. America, USA Tagged With: Alaska, Alaska Cruise Tour, Cruise, Denali, Travel

Tiger : In Search of a Big Cat

February 16, 2014 by Lynn 2 Comments

Tiger. With CNN’s recent citing of Ranthambore National Park as India’s best park for “scenic tiger photos”, I was optimistic. We would actually get to see this majestic cat whose numbers are seriously dwindling. Or maybe we would have the privilege of encountering the famously reclusive leopard. Ranthambore is not in the traditional tourist golden… 

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Filed Under: Animal Adventures, Asia, Exotic East, India, Travel Tales Tagged With: around the world, city breaks, India, Jaipur, Joie de vivre, luxury escapes, Quebec City, Ranthambore, Tiger, Travel

Battielal and the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve!

February 12, 2014 by Denis 2 Comments

Battielal was our naturalist guide for our game drives through the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Sawai Madhopur, a town located about 100 miles southeast of Jaipur, reached by way of a four-hour hair-raising, constantly bumpy but most interesting drive. Until 1971, the year Indira Gandhi brought about a constitutional amendment which took away most of… 

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Filed Under: Animal Adventures, Asia, Exotic East, India, Travel Tales Tagged With: around the world, city breaks, India, Joie de vivre, luxury escapes, Quebec City, Rajasthan, Ranthambore, Sawai Madhopur, Tiger, Tiger reserve, Travel

Safari Lodge : The Tarangire Safari Lodge in Tanzania !

January 17, 2014 by Denis 4 Comments

Safari Lodge : The Tarangire Safari Lodge in Tanzania! The Tarangire Safari Lodge in the Tarangire national park offers two features which you should not miss during any safari in Tanzania, two features which are unique and marvelous enough to make a huge difference to your safari experience. Though it does not lack in comfort… 

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Filed Under: Africa, African Mosaic, Animal Adventures, Luxury Escapes, Safari, Tanzania, Travel Tales Tagged With: Africa, around the world, city breaks, Joie de vivre, Lake Manyara, luxury escapes, Ngorongoro, Out of Africa, Quebec City, safari, safari lodge, Serengeti, Tanzania, Tarangire, Tarangire Safari Lodge, Travel

How to get really close to the Giant Panda bears!

January 12, 2014 by Denis 5 Comments

Giant Panda Bears. The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on the outskirts of Chengdu in the Sichuan province of China is one of the best locations in the world to get exposed to the giant pandas (called giant only to distinguish them from the smaller red pandas). More than one million visitors per… 

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Filed Under: Animal Adventures, Asia, China, Exotic East, Travel Tales Tagged With: around the world, Chengdu, China, city breaks, Giant panda, Giant Panda Bears, Joie de vivre, luxury escapes, Panda, Panda Bear, Quebec City, Travel

Hakuna Matata and Ayubuisms !

February 9, 2012 by Lynn 5 Comments

Hakuna Matata song and Indian Ocean waves in Zanzibar Hakuna Matata – No Worries – is the mantra of Ayubu, our driver and tour guide.  He put this Swahili phrase, which was the theme song of Disney’s The Lion King, into action and made our meticulously planned African Lion Safari into the trip of a… 

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Filed Under: Africa, African Mosaic, Animal Adventures, Luxury Escapes, Safari, Tanzania, Travel Tales Tagged With: Africa, African Lion Safari, around the world, city breaks, Hakuna Matata, Joie de vivre, Lion King, luxury escapes, Quebec City, safari, Swahili language, The Walt Disney Company, Travel, Zanzibar

African Lion Safari … A journal !

February 8, 2012 by Lynn 3 Comments

AFRICAN LION SAFARI TANZANIAN JOURNAL January 24 – February 8, 2012 Jan 24:  23 Hours of Travel … Taking Denis’ all-time favorite airline, British Airways, from Dulles to London, and then connecting for a flight to Nairobi, helped make this exhausting African Lion Safari trip into a more pleasurable experience … from the lounge where… 

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Filed Under: Africa, African Mosaic, Animal Adventures, Luxury Escapes, Safari, Tanzania, Travel Tales Tagged With: Africa, African Lion Safari, around the world, city breaks, Hakuna Matata, Joie de vivre, Kenya, luxury escapes, Manyara, Ngorongoro, Quebec City, safari, Serena, Serengeti, Tanzania, Tarangire, Travel

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TOP 10 travel experts and influencers on social media and rated as one of the most influential travel bloggers in the world, Denis and Lynn Gagnon have been circling the globe for more than 45 years. Former international business travelers, they know how to travel - with class, comfort, and style. Members of the National Press Club, PTBA , NATJA and SATW. Wish to connect? Email them at BonVoyageurs@gmail.com.

A NEW addition to the BonVoyageurs team is Atlanta-based travel writer and culinary expert Dominique Gagnon, and travel photographer Justin Ellis. By day, Dominique designs and grows new meaningful consumer brands, while Justin is a neuroscientist and psychiatrist researching early brain development. By night, they are watching Chef's Table while plotting their next culinary and sport adventure.

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