ADVENTURE QUEST | Tropical Forest Adventures Await You on the coastline of the Nicoya Peninsula at Hotel Punta Islita

ADVENTURE QUEST | Experience The Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island and the Jewels of the South Pacific

BOHEMIAN LIFE | Tahiti’s Surf Culture and Infamous ‘Teahupoo’ compels Pipeline’s “Expert Only” Surf Travelers episode 1 by WITHINcast film director Eric Schnitzler

HAUTEOC met again with WITHINcast’s Film Director Eric Schnitzler on a day in the life of tahitian surfers featuring his latest film which debuted Withincast, a new series of Tahitian podcasts; an extension his original film “Within.” It’s primary focus is to expose the talent of these local surfriders whose skill level can compete with some of the best in  professional surf world.  ”These guys are seriously putting their lives on the line, just for the love of their waves and the sport.  WITHINcast also focuses on showing the world a bit of Tahitian culture and lifestyle. – Eric Schnitzler”

HAUTEOC: In our last talks Eric, you mentioned that surfing in Tahiti is really unique and lot of folks may not yet identify it as a major surf destination, tell us how its growing and  the surf culture surrounding “Teahupoo”

ERIC: Well, a lot of Surfers are intimidated by Tahitian waves as the infamous “Teahupoo” has been well publicized and is not for the average surf traveler.   … Continue Reading

ADVENTURE QUEST | Safari in the Serengeti and encounters with the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda feature film by Brad Horn

I recently had the pleasure of guiding a great family out of Washington DC on a safari to Tanzania and Rwanda.  This was the family’s third African safari with Epic, having been previously to Botswana, South Africa and Namibia.  The focus of this trip was the migration in the Serengeti and the mountain gorilla’s of Rwanda.

Ordinarily in the latter part of June the migration is principally in the western and lower sections of the northern corridor of the Serengeti. We hedged our bets by choosing two camps; one in the west and the other a little further north. This way we covered all bases. If the migration was more advanced than normal or lagging somewhat we would still be within striking distance. It was just as well we did as this year the migration moved north very early with only rear guard elements still in the western corridor. We did however hit “paydirt” at the more northern location, the Grumeti Reserves. … Continue Reading