Start to the Day at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
Steaming coffee was delivered to my room in the pre-dawn. I quickly got ready and made my way up to the dining area, ready…
Steaming coffee was delivered to my room in the pre-dawn. I quickly got ready and made my way up to the dining area, ready…
My younger daughter has been on safari several times. However, since she was two years old, when we moved to Spain, these experiences have…
In October I was on safari in Laikipia County in Kenya. This multi-use area covers about 9,500 km2 (3,700 mi2) and straddles the equator…
The Land-cruiser stopped so that we could watch a group of chattering banded mongooses rushing across the track.
Every now and then one would stand on his hind legs and look around in case there was danger. While there one of us noticed a water monitor lizard lounging over an acacia branch above us. He seemed to have an ideal spot to enjoy a cool breeze, and we wouldn’t have noticed him if we hadn’t been parked underneath him. Then something flashed past the front of the Land-Cruiser, and a second later we heard the squealing of a distraught mongoose.
I am back in Ruaha national park in central Tanzania. The last time I was here was a couple of years ago. I am…
As we drove slowly towards our camp in the Moru kopjes area of the Serengeti we passed a herd of zebra that were moving…
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…
A safari is always exciting and the sightings that you have are always amazing, but once in a while you have a safari where…
The wildebeest migration was in full swing, with animals moving every couple of days because the lack of rain was forcing them to look…
We left camp at dawn for an early morning game drive in an area of woodland near the edge of the vast Serengeti Plain….
As we arrived at the exclusive Kiba Point Lodge in the Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania), waiters greeted us with fresh towels and a frosty…
The last great wilderness areas in warm climes are in Africa. Most of these areas have only been dramatically effected by man in the…