Who wins the Safari Cup this time?
After many a safari I find myself wondering: Did any animal shine above the rest this time? Filtering through a myriad of totally different…
Serengeti
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…
The Wilderness Experience
A safari in the African bush is likely to be one of your most memorable life experiences. It is like no other. Many of…
The Great Migration
It is not easy to describe to someone who has not been what it is like to be in the midst of one of…
The gnu
The Serengeti is a vast ecosystem involving a myriad of players. However the star of the show must go to one of the most eccentric of all the protagonists ….
Can we have some rain?
Tanzania was a dust bowl just before our safari started …
A private safari
I look back on my most recent safari with a lively group of Canadians, who could be excused for confusing “caribou” with “karibu” (Swahili…
Slim, Sleek, Slender and Spotted Sprinter
Safari guides Dave, Ole Kirimbai and I have just come back from another wonderful safari in the Serengeti with some great folks from western…
An unusual hyaenid
While driving in the late afternoon from a camp just inside the woodland on the edge of the Serengeti Plains to a fly camp…
A morning game drive
We were staying in the last camp of our safari, Suyan, situated at this time of year in the far north-east of the Serengeti,…
The Crossing
What is it with wildebeest? They must be one of the most ugly antelope out there, but they are such characters. They have such…
African Wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are back in the Serengeti!
In 1989 and 1990 African wild dogs were seen quite frequently in the Serengeti Plains during the rains and short dry season (December –…