Savvy Navigator was asked again last week to appear on DC's News Channel 8 to chat about Labor Day travel deals. While I really wanted to talk about our gay tours to South Africa and Argentina, getting a few minutes of air time on the local news certainly isn't a bad gig. LIsten here about $529 cruises from Baltimore and $74 airfares to Florida from Nancy Reagan National Airport. With the kids going back to school, travel prices always tend to drop right after Labor Day, so there are some great bargains out there right now.

For those of you who have been on the Savvy Navigator gay tour to South Africa, a highlight is always the day trip down to Cape Point (and the Cape of Good Hope), with lunch along the way at the penguin colony. OK, so this video is not necessarily of GAY penguins, per se, it is some good footage by our travel blogging kindred spirit, Jeff Jung, over at CareerBreakSecrets. Take a look at this rough cut video and make sure you join us in November!

Today’s cool thing is this amazing security-cam video of wild elephants walking through Mfuwe Lodge Reception in South Luangwa, Zambia. While we’ve seen numerous breeding herds while on our gay safaris in South Africa, Zambia and Botswana, we’ve never seen anything quite like this!

Elephants walking through Mfuwe Lodge Reception, South Luangwa, Zambia from The Bushcamp Company on Vimeo.

I’m sitting here in the fabulous Legado Mitico hotel in the fabulous Buenos Aires Palermo Soho neighborhood, awaiting the arrival of a great groups of guys for the next Savvy Navigator gay tour. We start off here in B.A. and then head up to Iguazu Falls, and then over to the wine country of Mendoza at the foot of the Andes mountains.

On Sunday morning we’ll visit the renowned San Telmo market, where we’ll see wonderful antiques, craft offerings, and amazing street performers. Here are some of the Savvy Spouse’s favorites, the “Windblown Couple.” As the trip progresses, we’ll be updating the blog with more adventures.

Photo courtesy of Cooltown Studios

Savvy Navigator’s favorite Sabi Sand safari lodge is Londolozi, where we’ve had countless leopard sightings over the years. Two of our favorite cats are the Maxabeni Brother Leopards, whom the rangers at Londolozi describe as creatures “that carry themselves with an slight swagger, groove and arrogance, but they seem to make everyday of their lives somewhat of an exhibition.“

Several years ago we witnessed a leopard kill here, which this video reminds us of.