Many guests on safari have had their expectations of what they want to see on safari influenced by what they see on TV’s National Geographic and other wildlife channels. Because of these amazing wildlife documentaries, many people want to see large predators hunting and killing prey animals, but to see ...
On a recent safari in Tanzania, I was guiding my good friend John Geigert and his family. Having been on safari with me several times before, we are always looking for new things to do. One of the things the Geigert family wanted to see were chimpanzees, so we decided ...
In February while on safari with Bill Perkins and Evelyn Sandground, we had exceptional predator sightings... On our descent into Ngorongoro Crater, I decided to drive through Lerai forest to look for some of the Crater’s big tuskers. Instead the sight of three young lions trying to kill a big ...
Stephen and Adam Sills wanted to experience their safari the original way - on foot! The Dorobo Hunter Our trip started on the north-eastern edge of the Serengeti National Park, walking through remote wilderness occupied only by Maasai herdsmen, their cattle and wildlife. We were incredibly fortunate to have the ...
When talking to people about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the first questions I am asked is if they are fit enough. In actual fact how you are able to acclimatise is a far more important factor, and unless you have been to high altitudes often, it is not possible ...
Why do people climb Africa's highest mountain, the summit of which is at 19,340 feet / 5,895 metres asl (above mean sea level) and has half the available oxygen as any point at sea level? Firstly it is a journey on foot. This is significant, and is one of the ...
Regular readers of our blog might find that the sightings mentioned in my article "Slim, Sleek, Slender and Spotted Sprinter" of March 2008 are either very rare or exaggerated. Well the cheetah sightings with Mathieson family that we enjoyed in December 2008 / January 2009 amounted to over 19 different ...
I was with Peter and Carol Mathieson and their four kids Katie, Daniel, Michael and Jack, from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in the USA, and who were on safari with their family - grandma (given the honorary nickname of "bibi" - Swahili for grandma), cousins, uncles and aunts (some who live in ...
As we turned off the main road just after the little town of Karatu, we were greeted by “The Mogul Highway “. Ron and Sherri Adams had never before had the experience of sitting in a car seat and doing a full aerobics class all at the same time. After ...
We departed camp early and were almost immediately greeted by a herd of more than a thousand wildebeest. Lines of more wildebeest rolled in, and the restless herd moved up and down the northern bank of the Mara River, stopping at strategic places to assess whether it was safe or ...
We had had an amazing safari, and it was increasingly hard to measure time while we were in the bush. So much had happened, and we had seen so many things. Two weeks ago, when we were in Rwanda tracking gorillas, seemed ages ago. Dave Christensen and I were a ...
