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Kwintessential
Kwihala: A Gem in Rugged Ruaha
As those in the know had predicted,
Ruaha indeed proved to be a world-class safari destination and I find myself
reflecting on its vastness and remoteness, its abundance and variety of birds,
animals, and plants. Some say, "You've got to be lucky to be good," but I
prefer "You've got to be good to be lucky."
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Out
of Africa (And Back Again and Again…)
There is this thing
called mal d'Afrique, an indefinable feeling of loss that compels visitors to
return to Africa time and again. A state of mind actually, it is nevertheless
real and infectious. A first time visit to the Serengeti
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Selous
Impala: Where Going to the Dogs Is a Good Thing
Selous is thought
to have up to 1300 Africa Wild Dogs, double that of any other African country
and approximately 20 to 30% of the global population. Once I'd considered that
statistic, the choice of destination was a slam-dunk.click to read more
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South
Africa's Townships
The townships are a part of the fabric of South
Africa's past and present, and it's our job as engaged tourists to understand
fully the communities and cultures we're visiting. I'm glad that we were given
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Gorillas
& East Africa Overland Safari
Jay Lindsay on an African
Adventure, January-February, 2012 : 42 days and 7200km through most of East
Africa from Nairobi, Kenya to Maun, Botswana
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Oryx
Battle in Namibia
“I want to see something killed!” G.
says with a glint in his eye... Very few people say they want to see a kill a
second time. “Be careful what you wish for here in Africa, my new
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Jacques,
the Jack Russell, confronts African Elephant
One would think,
however, on a continent where size matters most in the Natural world, that
there would be a point where having a Napoleon Complex would seem
counter-productive to perpetuating one’s existence. One would think….
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An
Unexpected Elephant Encounter
I hear it then, the crunching of
rocks beneath heavy, heavy feet. My eyes bolt open and I peer into the darkness
beyond the beaming light and behind a copse of trees.
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Safari,
So Good: Botswana's Wild Dogs
Experts believe that fewer than 5,000
African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus, commonly known also as the Cape hunting dog
or the painted hunting dog) currently exist in the wild, and their range has
declined from 33 to 15 countries.
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Climbing
Kilimanjaro - The Mangaru Route
A personal account of climbing
Kilimanjaro via the Mangaru Route
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Uganda
: Lake Bunyoni place of many little birds
from the fertile green
shores of Lake Victoria to the snow capped Ruwenzori Mountains, nestled among
these towering volcanic mountains lies Africa’s second deepest Lake...click to read more |
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Uganda/DRC
: Red Earth Bricks & Sticks
From the eye of a visitor in East
Africa, a day in the life of an overland adventure...click to read more |
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Overlanding
in Africa
Written by a crew member on a overland trip through
Africa...
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Elephant
observation
I thought you may be interested in reading my account
of some elephant behaviour I witnessed on Wednesday 2nd April at Shimangwaneni
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SAFARI:
A journey through the sands of time
My journey (safari) in your
presence always begins from within my own sense of exploration. Mine is a
combination of philosophy, physics, the sciences within life, and all the
promises of tomorrow...
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All in
ten's… A field guide's reflection
10 years ago…I thought
I knew everything about people and the environment and conducting a guided
experience for guests would be easy Then someone asked me...
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At
the fireside
I'm sitting at my campfire contemplating the
differences between stone-age man and myself. Three and a half thousand years
ago he would have been sitting in the dark, perhaps contemplating what would
become of his ilk and homeland...
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Safari
Guiding with feeling
Just before first light - the time of
unanswered hyena whoops - just before the francolins wake and as the first lion
greets dawn with shattering voice my day begins...
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Recapitulate
On my recent safari a simple statement: "I'm going to sit at the dam
and recapitulate today's events!" became a four-minute obsession between
one person who knew exactly what she was saying, and two other people who fell
straight into life's little abyss of inadequacy called 'Oops!'...
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Twinkle,
twinkle little star…I wonder how the rhinos are?
There are
probably about one hundred thousand million stars in our own milky way galaxy.
On the darkest and clearest night in the Kruger we can probably see 2 500 of
them with the naked eye...
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Where
did that snake go? Sand River camp
I am sitting
on my bed bent over tying my bootlaces. My feet are firmly on the ground. I
hear a sharp click sound, movement to my right, and as I straighten - the
Mozambican spitting cobra slithers right over my boots...
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