Travel vs. journey

[roland]

English Synonym, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #78 "Synonyms for trip and journey", question 6

Julia chose to spend her holiday in Africa. Her package tour includes walking in the jungle, sailing down the Nile, as well as going on a sightseeing ......... to observe lions, tigers and various wildlife.

(a) safari
(b) traffic
(c) track
(d) voyage

English Synonym, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #78 "Synonyms for trip and journey", answer 6

Julia chose to spend her holiday in Africa. Her package tour includes walking in the jungle, sailing down the Nile, as well as going on a sightseeing safari to observe lions, tigers and various wildlife.

Correct answer: (a) safari
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What is the difference between travel and journey, please? Thanks in advance,
Roland

[Alan]

Hi,

Travel is often used to describe visiting different places/countries. It is the action of doing that and is often used in the plural as in: During his travels through the world he went to many isolated regions.

Journey is one particular movement from one place to another: Many people often read in the train on their daily journey to and from work.

Alan
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[Conchita]

[Alan]

Hi Conchita,

You're quite right. Thanks - it should be various types of wildlife.

Alan
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[Seryoga]

Hi there,
Although there's some task on this here,I'm still in a doubt about howto use those two.
Longman dictionary gives almost same meaning,which is:going from one place to another.
Is it that we put something like a description of a journey in when we use the word "journey" As in "The journey was awful!"

[Sonia*]

Thanks!