For the fast and furious
Not all of us have (or take) the time to visit the more remote national parks when visiting Africa....
Needless to say that quite a few ‘Unusual African Animals’ are nocturnal (active at night). Today I put the Aardvark...
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The last night, sitting on the verandah at Mata Mata...
How to bridge the gap for Africans?
Yesterday morning a young man from Botswana contacted me through the Skype button on...
The billionaire
An online friend of mine who is the proud owner of a company that specializes in upmarket-safaris, recently...
A day with an incident
Woke up several times during the night to hear noises of the African night, long distance jackal,...
Beautiful, spiky and full of protein
For those of you who will be travelling to Southern Africa, I advice that you try to...
Maybe not what you would expect!
Most people would probably say ‘wildlife’. During my years as a lodge manager and a...
We decided that today we needed a “ration” run to Twee Rivieren, ration run? Change that to “booze cruise” One...
On Wednesday the 20th of January 2010, a Grand Caravan from a Botswana charter company got into trouble over the Okavango...
Africa is massive. And there are almost too many destinations if you want to make a safari. So how do you eventually make...
In China, the way to pronounce Chardonnay seems to be Char-bone-nay
We are beginning to see some worrying trends in the illegal...
The PlanYourSafari site enters the Top 100 of Travelblogs
Jewel in the crown
Last night I received an email in my inbox from...
How to react and how to deal with it
Sitting last year on a terrace in Durban – in front of a 4-star hotel –...
You will perhaps remember that movie “The Beach” with Leonardo DiCaprio – a tale of an undiscovered beach paradise...
Spreading your wings over Africa
Fixed wing aircrafts
From a number of places in Africa it is possible to make a so called...
Should you rely on what you see?
Glossy brochures with extraordinary photography and websites with mouth drooling images...
Day four afternoon could be called a turning point on this trip; we were now going to have the good the bad and the downright...
