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…
Tanzania
Manyara Ranch and the Honeyguide Foundation
This was one of the rare occasions when us three brothers could do something together. My younger brother, Sam, lives in Australia, I now…
Mating lions
My younger daughter has been on safari several times. However, since she was two years old, when we moved to Spain, these experiences have…
Predators in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Serengeti Plains are divided into two conservation areas – the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The Serengeti National Park provides…
A Small Cat Hunts
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.
The Upside Down Tree
I am back in Ruaha national park in central Tanzania. The last time I was here was a couple of years ago. I am…
The rarest large cat in Africa
Most people who come on safari hope to see some of the big cats – lion, leopard and cheetah. Nearly everyone will see a…
Leopard Luck
As we drove slowly towards our camp in the Moru kopjes area of the Serengeti we passed a herd of zebra that were moving…
An elephant sized meal
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…
An Array of Unusual Critters
A safari is always exciting and the sightings that you have are always amazing, but once in a while you have a safari where…
On Predators and Prey
The wildebeest migration was in full swing, with animals moving every couple of days because the lack of rain was forcing them to look…
Rare Daytime Encounter with A Striped Hyaena.
We left camp at dawn for an early morning game drive in an area of woodland near the edge of the vast Serengeti Plain….