The wind in the grass, a sharp impala bark, the chatter of oxpeckers, the bass rumble of a distant lion: this is the background music of a walk in the African wilds. It’s an aspect that can be lacking when driving because, even if the engine is turned off, it […]
Some mountains are happy to take second billing. While the Drakensbergs star in a billion photos and promotional videos, the Lebombo range stands in the shadows. Its name is less familiar, yet its mountains span the entirety of South Africa’s top safari zone. Its ancient volcanic rocks are the skeleton […]
South Africa’s original Wilderness Trails were rough adventures. In the 1950s, when game rangers Ian Player and Magqubu Ntombela started bringing visitors into iMfolozi and Lake St Lucia game reserves on foot, tents were not part of the kit list. Guests slept out in ‘bivvy’ bags, taking it in turns […]
By day they read tracks in the sand, and by night trace patterns in the star-scape. They can ID a soaring raptor in seconds, tell tales of the secret lives of ant colonies and describe a half dozen useful properties of the Shepherd’s tree. The depth of knowledge of a […]
When we think of walking safari destinations in Tanzania, it’s the northern parks that spring to mind – especially the Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Tarangire. After that, probably Nyerere, where a number of camps and lodges operate walks. But there is a another place on the “southern circuit” that should […]
One name always comes up when we swap stories about favourite safari destinations in South Africa and that’s Madikwe; if it’s not on someone’s ‘must visit’ list, then it is on the ‘must go back’ list. That is thanks to its reputation for a guaranteed wealth of wildlife sightings – […]
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