There’s nothing like walking in the landscape for really getting to understand and appreciate it. You get the smell of the earth and plants in your nostrils, have time to relish the varied birdlife, notice all the small things as well as the more obvious, and in Zambian parks you also have the thrill of… [Read more…]
December 14, 2011 by Simon at Tribes
Darwin, our guide on board the Beluga, had talked a lot about Genovesa Island a lot during the cruise. Many times he had said: “don’t worry you’ll see that on Genovesa.” And he was right. It was superb, utterly spectacular and a great final full day for our cruise to finish on – this isolated… [Read more…]
Grumpy old men, there’s always one in every family!!! Do you have a member of the family that is too grumpy for words and ruins everyone else’s fun? Well, apparently elephants do too! On a recent safari in East Africa our vehicle came across a small herd of elephants, approx 15 in the entire group.… [Read more…]
On a Serengeti safari – Mating lions So, where is best to go for a safari in the new year? I think it has to be Tanzania and the Serengeti! During this time one of the world’s most incredible wildlife spectacles is going on in the Serengeti. At this time of year the famed wildebeest… [Read more…]
November 1, 2011 by Amanda Marks
We’ve just heard the most amazing tale from our friends at Norman Carr Safaris in Zambia. Christina tells the tale … Most conservationists believe that man should not meddle with the natural order and that we should allow nature to run her course however cruel or grim it seems to be. We agree on the whole, unless a wildlife problem has… [Read more…]
September 6, 2011 by Amanda Marks
I have no doubt that most travellers who visit wildlife reserves and parks want to ensure that their visit does not cause any negatives impact to the environment or wildlife. However, for those people who are perhaps taking a wildlife safari for the first time, they may not know what is and is not acceptable… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011 by Amanda Marks
Bwindi Impenentrable National Park in Uganda was gazetted in 1991 and has been a world heritage site since 1994. It covers 333km2 and is owned and run by UWA (the Ugandan Wildlife Authority). There are 720 wild mountain gorillas in the world. About 340 of these live in Bwindi in about 30 families. 8 of these families are habituated, with… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011 by Simon at Tribes
The minute I stepped off our panga on the very first landing site of my cruise, Dragon Hill on Santa Cruz, I almost stepped on a giant marine iguana camouflaged against the black volcanic rock. In the Galapagos you are literary tripping over the wildlife. You really can’t understate the difference in wildlife viewing in… [Read more…]
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