Hunter-gatherers and pastoralists
As we turned off the main road just after the little town of Karatu, we were greeted by “The Mogul Highway “. Ron and Sherri Adams had never before had the experience of sitting in a car seat and doing a full aerobics class all at the same time. After...
Mara River Crossing
We departed camp early and were almost immediately greeted by a herd of more than a thousand wildebeest. Lines of more wildebeest rolled in, and the restless herd moved up and down the northern bank of the Mara River, stopping at strategic places to assess whether it was safe or...
Fly camping in the Selous
We had had an amazing safari, and it was increasingly hard to measure time while we were in the bush. So much had happened, and we had seen so many things. Two weeks ago, when we were in Rwanda tracking gorillas, seemed ages ago. Dave Christensen and I were a...
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.
