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January 24, 2014

Elephants – why I’m scared of them

“I’m not scared of lions, I’m scared of elephants. One killed my father,” said my safari walking guide who has lived his whole life in a village inside Botswana’s Okavango […]

December 6, 2013

Farewell Nelson Mandela

It is with the greatest sorrow in my heart that I pay tribute to Nelson Mandela – a man I was lucky enough to meet and in whose light I […]

November 27, 2013

How not to fell a baobab tree, Mozambique

Tragic that this ancient baobab should be felled and at what point did it give way….look closely:

August 12, 2013

Elephant straddles car

I’m not sure where or when this happened – I saw it on Facebook – but it puts the size of an elephant into perspective. Take a look at […]

August 7, 2013

Review of Aquila Private Game Reserve nr Cape Town

Only 2-hours drive from Cape Town, once you go through the gates of Aquila you are transported into a wonderful world of their own making – like stepping into a […]