Laughter
There was a lot of excitement in the transit area when we met, exchange of news and travel accounts, and soon afterward we were on a private air charter enjoying magnificent views of Mount Kilimanjaro out of the port windows!
Skeleton Coast Safari – Namibia
The highlight of Jimmy Balodimas’s return to Africa with us was the “Fly-in safari” along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. We did a three night, four day safari, flying from camp to camp in a Cessna 210. Our local guide and pilot, Andre, grew up in this area, exploring, and...
Toast the Blue Moon on New Years Eve 2009
Peter and Alice Redfield’s return to Tanzania after more than twenty years away, with their children, and their grand children, was quite a safari. Apart from the optical delights of lions, cheetahs and elephants, News Years Eve yielded a Blue Moon with a partial lunar eclipse. The Safari...
Can we have some rain?
Tanzania was a dust bowl just before our safari started ...
Hwange – Place of Elephants
the park lived up to its reputation of having one of the largest concentrations of elephant on the African Continent
Reigning Cats and Dogs
Large predators always have an ability to evoke primaeval feelings of fear, respect and intrigue.
The Joys of Spring
All our senses are stimulated to breaking point. Sensory overload is the order of the day.
Elephant Ballet
There are few places in Africa where you can go and see a huge elephant bull standing up on his back legs ...
Return to the River
I have memories of us gliding silently past herds of waterbuck or buffalo as they kept a watchful eye on us, and watching elephant bulls cross the river.
August – Holidays in the bush!
When Jeremy Brooke asked me to guide his family in Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe over the school holidays, I was delighted… back to my old stomping grounds I thought. One of Jeremy’s pre requisites was that Carol and the kids came along. What a privilege and...
A Lighter Shade of Pale.
Zebra are well known and very distinctive because of their bold black and white striped markings. Every individual has a unique stripe pattern, like a set of fingerprints in humans. Zebra are one of the most photogenic animals and are a must see on any savannah safari. While on safari...
Silence
The Namib desert..... The contrast in deep changing colours - reds and russets that turned gold if seen from a different angle. Dunes that were so iron red in some places and so light and cream-coloured in others. The contrast between the reddish colours on these dunes and the crystal...
