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 [...]
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Why We Travel: Part #1 – Help us help them
There are many reasons to travel and as you all know too well, we are having a ball of a time: discovering, experiencing, relaxing, learning and finding adventures. That said, from the very start of this undertaking we knew our path would cross with so many people who are in need and as often as [...]
21 inspirational travel quotes
All travellers need inspiration. No matter who you are and how much you’ve traveled, there will always be moments on the road when you need to reminded of where you’re going and why you chose to get there. Fortunately, human history has always been full of intrepid adventurers jotting down their thoughts on the inspiration [...]
Money for honey – and a spotty cat
This is the day I have been preparing for, the visit to Singita Grumeti’s community outreach programme. We head for the environmental centre, passing topi, warthogs, the ubiquitous zebras and birds galore. We visit the local school, a beekeeper who is making money from honey; an idea his child learned at school. Another has planted [...]
Sweltering in Stone Town
The carved wooden doors of Stone Town may be a tourism cliche, but they really do demand your attention. Bold and dramatic, they guard closely the entrances to dusky interiors that date back, some of them, hundreds of years. Being here at all is startling. It appears that Zanzibar is a stop-over en route between [...]
Zahara: Africa’s rising star
I saw Zahara for the first time, performing on stage at a gala dinner for a recent press trip. I was instantly amazed by her talent and soulful presence and could not understand why I hadn’t heard of her before. I leaned over and asked the person next to me who she was. “That’s Zahara,” [...]
The Essential Link
Hi there, I’d like to introduce you to the most exciting digital tool for the travel trade that Safari and Africa Geographic will ever produce: The Africa Geographic Travel Directory. Still in development, but steadily being populated, this tool will allow Safari to refer readers to a specific directory of lodges and operators that have [...]
Congo Chronicles: Into the Great Wide Open
‘No borders, just horizons’ – Amelia Earhart Leaving Yengo early on a Sunday morning with the community team and heading north towards Ouesso, a town on the Cameroon border. It was the start of the second sensitization road trip, this time heading east and north. Travelling in a skedonk cruiser with no roof racks finds [...]
Let me ask you a question…
When you read the first line of a travel story about Africa, does your mind wander to fond trips of your own? Can you feel the salty wind on your face when you look at an image of a deserted beach in Namibia? Does inspiration strike when you hear evocative music from East Africa? When [...]
Okavango Odyssey Day 4: Sunbird Island to Burning Tree Island
Day 4 began very wet due to a harsh drop in nighttime temperatures that condensed our collective sweat from the day before onto our tents and everything else. Our tents and bags were soaked, the batteries and panels were sparking and now discharged, and everyone simply just looked a bit damper than they usually do [...]
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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’
