By Caiden Lang The last two weeks has been an experience like no other. After leaving Nkatha Bay we continued our journey northwards towards Tanzania. If you were to look on a map, you would notice that there are no roads leading down to the lake from Nkatha bay to somewhere near Chilumba-a stretch of [...]
A traditional Maasai wedding with its colourful ceremony and ancient customs is a sight to behold...
Sunburn: Casablanca to Joburg!
It’s quite difficult to reflect on everything that has happened up to now and summarise it in a paragraph. But I suppose one word comes to mind. Goat. The only constant over a journey that has spanned snowy mountains, sandy deserts, lazy rivers, open plains and paradise beaches has been the cunning, non-plussed face of [...]
Mountain gorilla habitat under siege in DR Congo
The Gorilla Doctors fear for the health and safety of the critically endangered mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo as rebels clash with the Congolese army in the park’s gorilla sector. Virunga National Park is home to about 200 of the world’s remaining 783 mountain gorillas. On May 8, a reported 1,500 troops loyal [...]
Video highlights: Cheetah cub birth
The Africam broadcast of this event, which took place on May 2nd, was a tribute to the work being done at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre in the name of cheetah conservation. The birth was the first installment in what is to be the story of Salome (the mother) and her three cubs. Watch the [...]
Stuck in the Okavango Delta in a mini-skirt
By Jemima Middleton. Photos by Cayley Christos “Do we know where we’re going?” “Yep.” This sounded fairly confident, so we leapt into the Concession 4×4 in our clean white shirts and smart black skirts, and headed out into the bush. We were running late, and had about a half-hour drive ahead of us, to a [...]
Hope for the Future: a scary split-up and the completion of stage one
By Marc Hampson Day 12 Due to some rookie errors, we managed to lose track of each other in the 8 foot swells. We’d already lost half our team – Matt, Caiden and myself paddled to a point and waited for Sam and Guy for about four hours. After a long walk up and down [...]
Pygmy Hippo tragedy strikes South Africa
It is with great sadness that we report the news of the passing of Harry the Pygmy Hippo at 10h30 this morning (9th May 2012). Harry was operated on earlier today to repair an umbilical hernia, which had the potential to cause gut strangulation. Unfortunately he suffered respiratory arrest and ultimately heart failure, despite repeated attempts [...]
Kruger impala killer banned for five years!
In a horrific incident a few days ago, seven impala were run over and killed by a car in the Kruger National Park. The image is quite disturbing… and one can’t help but wonder how it was physically possible to kill so many poor impala in one fell swoop. The driver must have been going [...]
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A Maasai Wedding: The bride wore beads
A Maasai wedding with its colourful ceremony based on ancient customs is a sight to behold. We were invited to the wedding of our friend Lekishon, a local Maasai and naturalist at Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp. The wedding party was made up of family and friends from the surrounding villages who joyously sang and danced, [...]
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Pygmy Hippo tragedy strikes South Africa
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Kruger impala killer banned for five years!
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Sunburn: Casablanca to Joburg!
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Hope for the Future: a scary split-up and the completion of stage one
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Stuck in the Okavango Delta in a mini-skirt
