#NGTRadar: Travel Lately
February 18, 2015
2 min readTravel Lately—a roundup of the best new dispatches from the travel blogosphere—is a regular feature on Intelligent Travel every other Wednesday.
You can play, too. Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTravel and tag your favorite travel stories #NGTRadar to help us find the crème de la crème on the Web.
Here are our latest picks:
- Forget planes, trains, and automobiles—embrace the art of slow travel with a canoe. Get up close and personal in the world of nature with these 10 standout paddling destinations, from British Colombia to Botswana. @GreenGlobalTrvl
- Looking to spice up your next vacation? Don’t count out geocaching: a massive, international scavenger hunt where participants use GPS devices to search out hidden treasures. Here’s how to get started. @TheCultureist
- Tourism may not fly immediately to mind when you hear North Korea, but this elusive country is open for business. Here’s what you need to know before you go. @WildJunket
Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTravel and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #NGTRadar. Then check back every other Wednesday for our Travel Lately roundup.
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