The Silverback
The hike began on a misty morning passing through eucalyptus stands and rich loamy fields planted with blooming pyrethrum (a chrysanthemum flower, useful as insecticide) and potatoes. We passed smiling barefoot children and ladies dressed in colourful dresses and khangas. By some chance I was tracking with all the girls...
Dave’s family travels to Arusha
The Wilderness Africa team was honoured to have Dave's family visit us from Zimbabwe last week. Dave's wife Carol and their two children Jordy and Mitch explored Arusha for their first few days here. Carol mentioned how busy Arusha seemed, and how much traffic there is! A few days later...
A private safari
I look back on my most recent safari with a lively group of Canadians, who could be excused for confusing "caribou" with "karibu" (Swahili for "welcome"), and loved being out in the open Plains, in tents, in Land-Cruisers - all of it! I reflect on the memories that come to...
Slim, Sleek, Slender and Spotted Sprinter
Safari guides Dave, Ole Kirimbai and I have just come back from another wonderful safari in the Serengeti with some great folks from western Canada. Although it was the "green season" it hadn't rained for a while so, while a lot of the game was out on the Plains or...
The hike to Lengai
A few weeks ago I left for Ngorongoro Crater with my family, my sister and her three boys. We spent the morning enjoying the wildlife and scenery in the Crater, and then met up with my sister-in-law and her two boys and continued northwards to another lesser-known caldera on the...
An unusual hyaenid
While driving in the late afternoon from a camp just inside the woodland on the edge of the Serengeti Plains to a fly camp we had set up farther east, we spotted an unusual hyaenid feeding in the grassland. It was an aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), one of the most exciting...
Leading up to New Year’s Eve
When I look back on it we saw an astounding amount of wildlife, and had lots of fun.
Dusk in Ruaha
In the distance, a vulture was landing in the midst of a thicket below a rain tree. Nearby we noticed a lioness with two cubs. She seemed preoccupied and focussed, heading in the direction of the rain tree.
Zebras in the Mwagusi sand river
We camped on the edge of a sand river in the centre of Tanzania's largest national park, Ruaha. Upon arrival at the campsite a herd of elephants were feeding on the trees on the far bank of the "river". We lit a campfire on the beach, cooked dinner, and enjoyed...
Scouting in central Tanzania
Recently my family joined me on safari in Ruaha national park in central Tanzania. I wanted to have a look at one of the few Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) in the country. WMAs are special areas put aside for wildlife protection by local communities with the aim that these communities...
