Are You guaranteed of seeing the migration?

This will depend on where and when you book your safari but even then - as with all wildlife sightings in Africa - nothing is absolutely guaranteed.

The great annual wildbeest migration is truly one of nature’s most spectacular displays. Almost two million animals move across the African savannah in search of grass and water and have been doing so for thousands of years. Read more

Man Eating Lions of Kruger National Park

On the Mozambique border with South Africa, real lions are still feasting on people today. In short, the animals have taken to eating those who are evading the law. In Kruger National Park South Africa illegal immigrants from mozambique seeking work in Johannesburg have been taking a short cut through the park. Lying in wait for them have been Kruger national park lions.

Nobody knows the actual number of people that have been eaten, but the problem was first noticed in 1980 and has steadily become worse. At first only one or two people were known to have been eaten by lions each year such as a mother and her son killed close to Pafuri Camp a few days after Christmas 1996. Read more

Climate change robs African lions of their manes

Kenya’s king of the jungle. the lion is losing its mane, a phenomenon that has been linked to the effects of climate change by scientists at the Kenya Wildlife Service.

The new development adds to mounting global evidence that climate change and irresponsible use of chemicals which turn into pollutants are altering evolution with the most affected being males including humans.Last month scientists reviewed over 250 studies worldwide and concluded that that males species are being feminised by pollution in their environments. Read more

Selous Game Reserve

The Selous Game Reserve is a unique and unusual safari environment; a vast, thriving wildlife area of forests and woodlands around the lagoons, sandbanks and lakes of the Rufiji River.

Bigger than Switzerland and four times the size of the Serengeti, the 50 000km2 wilderness area is the most alluring safari prospect on the African continent; it’s Africa’s Big Secret, and seen as the next top destination for those in the mood for a bit of an adventure. Read more

On Safari

The root of the word ‘safari‘ lies in the Swahili word for ‘journey’. But I believe - and experts would appear to agree - that it’s more than that: it’s as much a journey of the mind as an adventure set in the great African wilderness, where everyday worries become irrelevant, and where the unexpected always happens.

Botswana is such a place. A visitor on a Botswana safari holiday will soon realise why the Tswana word for rain - ‘Pula’ - is also the name of the national currency: this is a sun-baked, arid land where water is as precious as the diamonds upon which its wealth has been built. Read more

Where Are You Going on Your African Honeymoon?

It would be more sensible for a couple thinking of a honeymoon to answer one important question. “Where do we want to have our honeymoon and what time of year is best for visiting?” instead of the traditional, “What date should we set for our wedding?”

When people go on honeymoon is most often dictated by the wedding date, leaving their choices for honeymoon destinations slightly limited.  Africa has always had an exotic and mysterious aura about it - making it an ideal destination for honeymoons.

However having said that, goosebumps are not a sexy accessory for a beach honeymoon and torrential rain is never pleasant on a walking safari. Read more

A Zambia Safari

Besides game drives the Zambezi Valley is renowned for its walking safaris. Blend this with Africa’s best walking guides, and you have an experience that exceeds the wildest imaginations.

Zambia is legendary for its walking safaris and, having been pioneered in the great tributary of the Zambezi, the Luangwa Valley and in the Zambezi Valley, the legend lives on. Read more

Mafia Island

Well… it’s not what you think! It’s not a haven for the Mafia mobs and its not in Italy. Mafia Island is a slice of the archaic Swahili Coast that stretches along the Tanzanian and Kenyan coastline. The name Mafia is not Italian but is a twisted version of the Arabic term morfieyeh, for group that refers to the Mafia archipelago. Mafia Island seems to be unaffected by the hustle and bustle of the rest of the world. Inhabitants of this slice of paradise continue with their traditional way of life almost undisturbed by the outside world. Well, if white sandy beaches and clear waters are your thing, Mafia is the place to be. Read more