Articles written by Dave Christensen
By the end of the third day, these lions had full bellies, and all that remained of the carcass was the bare skull, spinal column, rib cage and the skin, stretched out like a picnic blanket.
As we sat watching her, one of her young cubs approached us in a manner that indicated he had an unusual fascination with the vehicle.
There seemed to be pups everywhere, often approaching the vehicle very closely to investigate. This all seemed very endearing until it was time to drive away.
.....males have to do all the running!
The short rains, which normally fall in Northern Tanzania in November, completely failed this year, leaving the mega-herd in a real dilemma. Short of grazing and surface water to drink, the herds split up and wandered to and fro moving between grazing and water. This commute often took two days ...
....so armed with my trusty Smith and Wesson .44 magnum, we canoed out to a flat sandbar in the Zambezi River, and wallowed like hippo’s in the shallow water.
I am amazed that, even though I have been in the bush for over twenty five years, I am often surprised by new sightings and experiences. In June I was on safari .....
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 ...
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 ...
the park lived up to its reputation of having one of the largest concentrations of elephant on the African Continent
Large predators always have an ability to evoke primaeval feelings of fear, respect and intrigue.
All our senses are stimulated to breaking point. Sensory overload is the order of the day.
