Having discarded his backpack for a mountain bike about a decade ago, travel writer David Bristow dreamt up the idea of riding his bike from Beit Bridge to Cape Town, South Africa. In doing so he created one of the country’s premier mountain bike trails, ‘akin to the American Great Divide trail (only much better)’ …

More battles for the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe
We featured Sharon Pincott’s conservation work with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe in our March 2011 magazine. Sharon recently released a second book about her ongoing work, titled Battle for the President’s Elephants. Her courageous battles are ongoing. She is currently wrestling against mining proposals within the key home-range of the Presidential Elephants. Add to …

Why Africa? Novelist Tony Park on his Addiction to Africa
I’m an Australian who writes novels set in Africa and I spend six months of every year travelling in Africa, researching and writing my books. Not surprisingly, the second question most people ask me (after ‘how long does it take to write a book?’) is ‘why Africa?’ It’s a good question, and the answer is …

Welgevonden – An African Wilderness Reborn
By Kate Polley Distinguished photographer, Ian Finlay’s coffee table book, ‘Welgevonden – An African Wilderness Reborn’, was launched this year in February. This glossy, collectable book is a culmination of Finlay’s decade long passion for Welgevonden, a game reserve in Limpopo, which forms part of the magnificent UNESCO Waterberg Biosphere. Each photograph documents the rich …
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