Green Season in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley
“There is no game in the green season…….!” This is a phrase used about Zambia’s Luangwa Game Reserves in the green season, but “It’s simply is not true!” says Christina Carr of Norman Carr Safaris. The Green Season covers the months from January to March, when the summer rains turn everything green, the bush it at...
On Safari in Congo
Seasoned travellers will be interested in the Odzala Wilderness Camps in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park of the remote north of the Republic of Congo’s river basin – the world’s second largest expanse of tropical rainforest. Wilderness Safaris run lodges in several south and east African countries and have an ethos that should satisfy the most discerning eco-traveller. In...
Kaingo Camp, South Luangwa, Zambia
I have been invited to Shenton Safaris camps in the wild South Luangwa Valley of Zambia and these pics make me want to pack my bag right now! This is real wild Africa, much more earthy and spontaneous than a safari in South Africa with lots of animal thrills to be expected from the numerous...
World Responsible Tourism Awards: Robin Pope Safaris
Robin Pope Safaris operating in Zambia and Malawi have won two special awards at the World Responsible Tourism Day at World Travel Market (WTM) in London. They were awarded joint Overall Winner of the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards plus winner in the poverty Reduction category as well. This is a great achievement as there...
Bumbusi Camp, Hwange, Zimbabwe
Hwange is Zimbabwe’s largest National Park. It is wonderfully wild with no shortage of elephant. I once had a very close encounter with a charging elephant at a waterhole in Hwange; a mock charge but what did I know, I was new to Africa and didn’t have a clue what to do. Luckily, I was...
Tshukudu Game Lodge – sad loss
Death of Tshukudu Game Lodge Founder and Son I am very sorry to announce that the founder of Tshukudu Game Lodge in Limpopo, Ala Sussens and her son Ian Sussens were killed in a car accident on 6 April 2010. Ala was a safari doyenne, one who cared deeply for animals and was known...
Samara Private Game Reserve
I have been going on safari in Africa every year for 15 years, yet it was at Samara Private Game Reserve, in the middle of nowhere in the Graaff-Reinet Karoo, that I found the possibility of two elements of a safari that had so far eluded me; a yoga mat and an aardvark. ...
Elandsfontein and Sonqua Manor
Here I am, gobsmacked, at Elandsfontein Private Nature Reserve, about an hour north of Cape Town along the West Coast. It’s so blimmin’ nice here and I hadn’t expected it. Sonqua Manor – the accommodation on the Elandsfontein reserve – is a full-on safari lodge of the best sort, in an area where good taste...
Makanyane Safari Lodge
My first introduction to Makanyane Safari Lodge was a face to face meeting with an elephant at the door of my cottage. “I’ll just go and shoo him away, said the lodge manager, Garth Kew. So he walked towards said elephant and shouted “Shoo!” Elephant ignored him, so Garth ran towards him waving his arms...
Plains Camp, Platforms Sleepout and Rhino Post Lodge: walking & 4×4
On a private concession inside Kruger National Park…. Rhino Walking Safaris have, in my opinion, got it right. They have a variety of safari experiences in their three accommodation options; Rhino Post Lodge, Plains Camp and Platforms – a multi-level large wooden sleepout platform in the middle of nowhere, where you can spend a night...