AFRICA ARTICLES
Northern Serengeti in the Low Season
The right animal crowd – and no crowding! Visiting Northern Serengeti in the low season doesn’t mean missing out on seeing some fantastic wildlife!
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A Tower of Giraffes please!
Last October, I visited South Africa with my husband and our sons age 9 and 12. We all had our own highlights, and I asked the kids for their favourite bits – there were lots!
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Kwihala Camp
And then they came. Was it a dream? Or was I really sat watching a large family of elephants as they sauntered along the sand river.
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Kigelia Ruaha
You couldn’t make it up really – a tree that has fruits like whopping great Milano salamis. Known as the sausage tree, its proper name is Kigelia Africana.
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Ruaha Balloon Safari
Amanda Marks, Tribes’ director, was on the inaugural flight of Ruaha Balloon Safaris on 24th June 2018. She gives her first-hand account of this memorable experience.
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Mwagusi Safari Camp
The small, grey rock hyrax looked daggers at me. He’d popped up about 2 feet from my head as I sat on the chair on my verandah. ‘This is my place,’ he said.
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Ruaha National Park: A Land of Giants
Bare baobab branches are etched onto the clear blue June sky. Messy nests of barbets hang like strange fruits from these ancient grey giants.
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The Maasai Olympics
Looking for something unique and exciting for your escape to Africa, how about being one of the very few guests at the 2018 Maasai Olympics in southern Kenya.
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Jongomero (with essence of elephant poo)
A saddle-billed stork flew overhead, its long legs trailing behind, almost as an afterthought. Our day on safari had begun.
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High wire fun in Zimbabwe
Looking down into the gorge as the white water barrages down, a crazy idea comes to mind … to throw myself into the middle of the gorge!
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