Privileged to spend eight nights in the Maasai Mara in October 2009, we relished the opportunity to revisit our land of dreams. Ever since our first visit to Kenya in 2005 we’d fallen in love with the continent and had…
The big five are so seductive… each time we go on safari we declare to one another that we are not there to tick off the big five, however it’s difficult not to be sucked into the desire to spot…
Yes, you read that right, it’s national braai day…so come on, grab your wellies , umberella and BBQ tongs and lets celebrate like we’re South African 🙂 I am happy to admit that I have become a bit of a…
Here’s a little something special, which I oiginallly produced for Google Plus’s +African Tuesday #africantuesday and their “Wonderful women of Africa” theme curated by +Morkel Erasmus and +Johan Swanepoel It’s a brief video from our visit to the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Kenya 2009. There we were lucky…
Kieliekrankie Wilderness Camp in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is, by far, one of our most favourite places to stay in the world.Imagine just 4 guest cabins, perched on-top of a sand dune, sensitively positioned so you’re not intruding on each others’ privacy,…
Whilst staying at feynan EcoLodge in Wadi Dana (Jordan) we took the opportunity to wander the valley floor. We amused ourselves for an entire afternoon, tracking musical songbirds in the dry trees of the once riverbed and locating crickets in the…
That, folks, is the end of my Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park Trip Report. I only wish I would have been there for longer so I’d have more experiences to share. I’ve loved sharing it with you… it’s helped me relive memories and kept…
The African plains are a dangerous place. Lured by fresh green grass shoots in a drought ridden environment, this young gazelle had wandered away from the watchful eye of its mother into the hands of a hungry baboon. The death…
The time has come … here’s my account of day 8 in KTP, our last full day in the park. It was inevitable that the day would be a bit of a write off, having been awake all night.…
Spurred on by the incredible sightings of recent days and the desire for more big cat sightings we headed out at first light back toward the Auob riverbed and promptly saw a wildcat dash into the long grasses. We hoped…