Blog - Africa
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This library of stories, articles and observations are written by our travellers, consultants, people we work with in destinations, and travel journalists.
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The Singing Wells near Sarara Camp
I imagined the 'Singing Wells' to be named from some kind of natural phenomenon which caused wells or holes in the ground to make unusual sounds due to the wind.
AFRICA – The diversity of the Cape
David Attenborough’s ‘Africa’ this week was all about the Cape From the heights of the Drakensberg to the swamps of Mozambique’s Gorongosa, the programme really showed the diversity of this massive area.
Hanging out with Wild Dogs
Kwando's Lagoon Camp is one of the specific camps in Botswana where you can often see wild dogs I have had really amazing wild dog sightings here previously and I had high hopes for this visit too, even though we only had about 4 hours to find them.
National Parks versus Private Game Reserves
Many of Africa’s national parks have private conservancies or reserves adjacent to them For example, the national park of Kruger covers about 1.
Kilimanjaro – she did it!
Here we are! We made it, all the way to the summit! Months and months of training and planning and here we are standing at Uhuru Peak at a whopping 5895m.
A boat trip in the Okavango Delta
KwaZulu Natal – An affair to remember
Meera Dattani is a journalist with an eye for adventure and a love of travel which brings benefits to communities and wildlife in destinations.
A self-drive safari in Kruger
I have been on a number of guided, self-drive, camping, lodge etc safaris and I have to say that whilst I love the professionalism of the guides, with all their knowledge that I couldn’t hope to learn, the off-roading and being able to get up close to the wildlife, there is nothing quite like driving yourself through somewhere like the Kruger National Park and coming up on anything from a massive bull elephant in must to a tiny mongoose skitting along the roadside.
Visiting a Maasai market at Longido, Tanzania
"Yeyo takwena" I said to the first Maasai lady I met at the market She fell about laughing! This was my best effort at a newly-acquired greeting in Maa, so it seemed I needed quite a bit more practice.
