When the president of Mozambique, Armando Emilio Guebuza, went to visit Pedro Muagura at his humble home in Mozambique, he asked him one simple question: “Why do you plant trees?” Pedro considered this for a moment, and then replied: “Trees feed us with their fruit every day; a pregnant mother needs to rest in the [...]
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An African adventure
Africa is a wondrous part of the world filled with wild places just waiting to be explored. In Swahili, safari means ‘journey’ and for the rest of this year we are travelling across eastern and southern Africa on a journey of discovery. We spent most of last year living in the Masai Mara where we [...]
Hope for the Future expedition: We’ve made it this far!
By Matt Hampson We are currently 57kms into our journey, just north of the fishing town Kombedza. Upon our arrival on the beach, we were immediately welcomed by the village chief who said that we could stay the night for free. I now know why they call this beautiful country ‘The warm heart of Africa’. [...]
Turtles – something you won’t forget!
Our latest video about protecting the precious turtles of Mozambique.
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 [...]
MSC Sinfonia: Post-Cruise Blues
Early this morning we docked in Durban. The heavens opened up and big angry clouds spat down torrents of rain. It reminded me of last night’s unforgiving swells, and sliding around the outdoor disco deck cradling just one last Pina Colada. Mozambique had long disappeared in our wake and the frothy azure seas were replaced [...]
Day 3 MSC Sinfonia: Destination Bazaruto
Early this morning we anchored off the Mozambican Island of Bazaruto – a quintessential tropical paradise of powder white sand and warm azure waters. The weather finally decided to perk up, overnight force eight gales transformed into flat velvety seas and I woke to find pods of nosy dolphins swimming below my balcony. My cabin [...]
Welcome aboard: Day 1 & 2 MSC Sinfonia
It has been two days and I’m so overwhelmed I can hardly write. In fact, right now, I’m staring out to sea with a really dumb expression on my face. Surreal is a word used far too liberally, but really, there is no other word to better describe this experience. I’m about 40 nautical miles [...]
News from Niassa: New York, Malaria and ants
There is something about flying directly from the city into Niassa in one day that makes Niassa come into sharp focus despite the heat haze and constant fires. I was away for three weeks fund raising in the US and it felt like forever. As I fly in the bush looks grey and burnt, strewn [...]
News from Niassa: A family in the wild
“Some people feel the rain, others just get wet” Bob Dylan We like to feel the rain. We also sometimes get wet, as for nine months of the year we sleep in a Mozzie dome tent on a platform under a sausage tree In Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique. We’ve been here for nine years running [...]
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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
