About Peter Borchert

Cape Town-born Peter Borchert has a career in publishing spanning four decades. In the early 1990s he founded the award-winning magazines Africa Geographic and Africa – Birds & Birding. He has travelled widely in Africa and has written extensively about the continent. He is presently involved in developing the digital profile of the Africa Geographic brand, of which Safari is a major part.

May 2013: 20 years of celebrating Africa

Africa Geographic is 20 years old. Founder Peter Borchert reflects back to the origins of the magazine in 1993 and finds some good news spanning the intervening two decades. We have celebrated the sheer beauty and majesty of Africa’s wilds and the astounding array of animals and plants that live in them for 20 years. …

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Timbavati Rhino Challenge

Over the past couple of weeks the 57-year-old Timbavati Private Nature Reserve has fuelled the always volatile ‘hunting debate’ by deciding to conduct rhino hunts on its property. Africa Geographic founder Peter Borchert throws out a challenge. Timbavati is part of the Associated Private Nature Reserves (APNR) that include concessions offering clients both wildlife viewing/photographic …

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Important announcement for readers of Africa Geographic and Africa – Birds & Birding

Hi, Peter Borchert here, founder of Africa Geographic. September this year will see the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the proud history of our company.  Africa Geographic magazine will be re-launched as a bigger, better journal that will incorporate its associate magazine Africa – Birds & Birding. As a result of this decision, …

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