Dave awarded accolade
Last month (in December 2019) A Step Ahead professional guide Dave Christensen was awarded the Zimbabwe Professional Hunters and Guides Association “Guide of the…
Family time with chimpanzees
December 2018 I looked out of the window of the Cessna Caravan 12-seater aircraft as it banked and descended. The aquamarine waters of Lake…
Desert Lioness Update (2019)
When I was last in Namibia in January 2018 I was concerned about the chances of survival for the 3 one year old cubs,…
Gorillas, hardship and luxury in Rwanda
Africa is still the Dark Continent. It is replete with mysteries, wonders and misconceptions, among other treasures. Consider Rwanda, for example. This is a…
Silence in the reeds
I sit in a mokoro, or African dug-out canoe, my eyes only a metre above the waterline. My feet are stretched out before me,…
A bark at sunset
We were in the Okavango Delta, on the edge of an island of woodland overlooking an open floodplain, sipping cocktails and enjoying the changing…
Desert lioness (2018)
February 2018 The rich ochre and black ridges and the flat, stony plains of the Skeleton Coast appear to have no life at all,…
Bisate Lodge
Bisate Eco Lodge is tucked into the south-western slopes of a small extinct volcano offering stunning sunset views of two of the eight largest…
the Highlands
The Highlands is situated high on the slopes of Olmoti Volcano, and at 2,700m (8,850ft) is the highest camp in the Ngorongoro Highlands area. …
Mystery stripes
Ruyard Kipling wrote a wonderful book – Just So Stories explaining various mysteries including how the leopard got his spots, and how the rhino…
To the top of Africa
We reached a ledge where we could rest and have a picnic ¾s of the way up the formidable 3,000 ft high (over 1,000m)…
Giraffe – one species or more?
An essential requirement for a species is that they can reproduce and have fertile offspring. Clearly if they cannot do so, they become extinct….