It wasn’t merely that the animals were all out, on this early morning in the Nambiti wilderness. Not simply that we didn’t have to search too hard to find the rhinos and buffalo, the giraffe and lions, the wildebeest and waterbuck. What made the drive […]
Category: Creatures Great & Small
8 African Experiences to Transform You
Have you ever gone on a trip thinking from the outset: this will change my life? I haven’t and yet, in retrospect, each and every trip has in some way transformed me, transformed my life. What’s most surprising though, looking back at my travels through […]
The Silent World of Anjajavy
On a morning adventure into the big blue waters around Anjajavy le Lodge, in the north of Madagascar, I discovered a few new things about life, love and myself. On that early Indian Ocean morning, lodge guide, Jonhson would pop his head out of the surface every […]
The Art of Exploring Private Islands
“I had always known the sky was full of mysteries – but not until now had I realised how full of them the earth was.” – Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children It doesn’t matter how many times you might hear that everything […]
The Infinite Intrigue of the African Skimmer
Whoever said that long distance relationships don’t work never fell in love with the African skimmers of the Zambezi River. Perhaps it’s easier with birds, but my love for these rare African vagabonds of the sky has never dwindled, even though I know that just […]