Traveling in a downturn
I described the wilderness experience as being one of the most essential ingredients to a great safari in an earlier blog post. Over the…
Articles written by Justin Bell
I described the wilderness experience as being one of the most essential ingredients to a great safari in an earlier blog post. Over the…
A safari in the African bush is likely to be one of your most memorable life experiences. It is like no other. Many of…
Dave and I have decided to write a series on our favourite areas in Africa. Normally in May we are preparing for upcoming dry…
It is not easy to describe to someone who has not been what it is like to be in the midst of one of…
Why does A Step Ahead place such importance on your guide when you travel with us? Recently the travel industry, and especially the luxury…
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…
When I was last in Namibia in January 2018 I was concerned about the chances of survival for the 3 one year old cubs,…
Africa is still the Dark Continent. It is replete with mysteries, wonders and misconceptions, among other treasures. Consider Rwanda, for example. This is a…
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,…
We were in the Okavango Delta, on the edge of an island of woodland overlooking an open floodplain, sipping cocktails and enjoying the changing…
February 2018 The rich ochre and black ridges and the flat, stony plains of the Skeleton Coast appear to have no life at all,…
Ruyard Kipling wrote a wonderful book – Just So Stories explaining various mysteries including how the leopard got his spots, and how the rhino…