Now I must admit that I hate to think of myself as a traditional tourist. In Africa I encountered many travellers who were kitted out head to toe in matching safari kaki ensembles that looked like they had just walked off the set on ‘Out of Africa’. So you can imagine my scepticism when I [...]
The BaYei people came to the Okavango Delta in Botswana hundreds of years ago, bringing with them, their traditional mode of transport, the mokoro, a dug-out canoe made from a large straight tree such as a sausage tree or an ebony tree. The mokoro is ideally suited as transport in the delta as it can [...]
I am an avid supporter of the protection of animals. So whilst I was in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe I took the opportunity to take a walk with the lions at a breeding and rehabilitation sanctuary. The lion population in Zimbabwe has declined and this breeding project was established to reintroduce lions into the wild. The [...]
As our four seater aircraft took off from Maun Airport in Botswana I held onto my seat as we soared skywards. After saying a brief prayer I quickly became amazed at the sprawling wilderness that is Botswana opening up below me. Flying past herds of wandering elephants, zebras and impala we landed on a dust [...]
Africa is all about the wildlife and of course spotting the famous big 5 (Elephant, Leopard, Buffalo, Rhino & Lion) but I was after an up-close and personal experience with one of Africa’s greatest predators the Great White Shark! Undoubtedly one of the world’s best locations to see these impressive creatures is Cape Town. Between [...]