Nancy Bareilles was on a game drive in the Lower Zambezi National Park near Baines River Camp when she encountered a herd of elephants. She was amazed when one particular ellie decided to launch himself on his hind legs in search of a tasty branch in the top of a nearby tree! Congratulations, Nancy, on [...]
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Water for elephants – Abu Camp in the Okavango Delta
I watched a baby elephant being born! This is a very rare sighting and as guests in Abu Camp witnessed, Shireni gave birth to her third calf and the herd gained a bouncy baby girl called Warona, a Setswana name meaning ‘For us’. Enjoy this fabulous video (courtesy of AfriScreen) of Warona at [...]
Beach bum ellie
A lone elephant has been spotted surfing the beach breaks in Nuarro bay, just off the coast of northern Mozambique. We received news of this incredibly rare sighting from Nuarro eco-lodge manager Trienke Lodewijk. The bay of Nuarro is situated on the Baixo do Pinda Peninsula in the Memba District of Nampula Province. According to [...]
Okavango Odyssey Day 11: Harry’s Camp in Ma’Phiri Island – Long Day through the Xigera flats
Before going into our morning with the elephants I must emphasize the massive size of the crocodile we mokoro’d 30 cm over. Must have been 4 meters long and wider than the mokoro. On a narrow six meter wide dead-end off from the channel, this croc was able to disappear into a cave under the [...]
A Deadly Game
Working with Andy Biggs on one of his special interest photographic safaris in Botswana, Grant Atkinson and fellow trip leader and photographer James Weis were lucky enough to be witness to this spectacular life and death struggle between elephant and spotted hyaena. The pictures tell a very dramatic tale!
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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
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Mountain gorilla habitat under siege in DR Congo
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Hope for the Future: dramatic scenery and ‘the day with the sunrise’
