Giant Sable In Angola
The highlight of our safari in August 2019 to Angola was a visit to Cangandala National Park, to find an animal that I had…
A safari The Way It Was
As we sit back and contemplate dreaming of our bucket list, few seasoned safari-goers won’t dream of going on safari again “the way it…
The struggle for wildlife in Mana Pools
One of my favourite national parks, Mana Pools in Zimbabwe, is very seasonal. It is an outstanding place to experience wildlife in the dry…
The Hadzabe of the Yaeda Valley
One aspect of an African safari that is often overlooked is the cultural side. The primary reason for an Africa trip is usually the…
A Drive To Hidden Valley
This has been the driest February in the vast Serengeti that I can remember. We had poor short rains in November and it has…
A Learning Curve
One morning, while we were out in the Serengeti Plains looking for cheetah, we came across a solitary female who looked hungry and appeared…
Leopard Luck
As we drove slowly towards our camp in the Moru kopjes area of the Serengeti we passed a herd of zebra that were moving…
An elephant sized meal
Another season of poor rainfall, and the Serengeti Plains were dry and already a tawny brown colour. Herds of Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles grazed…
An Array of Unusual Critters
A safari is always exciting and the sightings that you have are always amazing, but once in a while you have a safari where…
On Predators and Prey
The wildebeest migration was in full swing, with animals moving every couple of days because the lack of rain was forcing them to look…
Rare Daytime Encounter with A Striped Hyaena.
We left camp at dawn for an early morning game drive in an area of woodland near the edge of the vast Serengeti Plain….
A true wilderness experience.
After several years of conducting most of my safaris in East Africa, it has been wonderful to guide some safaris near home (Zimbabwe) again,…