Africa has several tourist attractions offered that you can experience on your safari. Among them include the wildlife, primates, birds, butterflies, reptiles, culture, sightseeing and landscapes.These attractions can be found in National parks and game reserves, wetlands, forests, water bodies among others. On your African Safaris there those interesting attractions that you should not miss to visit and you will see them as we list them in do & see.
One of the benefits of spending a lot of time in any particular wildlife area is that you get to recognize individual animals. It is human nature to try to learn as much as possible about these animals.
Trying to guess the age of an animal can be an interesting exercise. Reference works indicate that in the wild, lions and...
Life can be tougher for large carnivores than it may at first appear. Africa’s big cats are equipped with dangerous claws, long, sharp teeth, and powerful muscular limbs to enable them to kill their prey. On the other hand prey animals come with their own defensive armory.
Warthogs have sharp, penetrating tusks in their lower jaws. Zebra have sharp hooves,...
In September 2011, Andy Biggs and James Weis will lead a private group of photographers to Kenya and Rwanda. The safari will focus on photographing the critically endangered mountain gorillas of Rwanda and the amazing array of predators and herds in Kenyas Masai Mara.
September 3-15, 2011
Safari Leaders: Andy Biggs and James Weis
Mountain gorilla baby
In September 2011, Andy Biggs and...
It is often said that cats don’t like water. Undoubtedly, this has some truth in it, but for cats living in and around the wetlands of northern Botswana these days, coping with water is a reality.
The Okavango Delta in particular is an area that is well-known for sightings of big cats moving through water. What I find most fascinating...
We arrived at Savuti Camp, the third camp on our Digital Safari Workshop, to hear that there was an active wild dog den not too far from camp and that the viewing restrictions that are placed on such dens for the first month (in order to avoid disturbing the dogs when the puppies are so young) had just been...
The last week of game viewing in the western sector of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve was once again nothing short of sensational.
There were so many highlights, but the biggest of them all was without a doubt seeing wild dog pups in our traversing area for the first time in more than seven years. The pack of six African...
A safari report from Mombo camp in Botswanas Okavango Delta related by our guide extraordinaire, Grant Atkinson.
I spent the last week of May guiding out of Mombo camp. It is a time of year in the Delta which brings with it very comfortable temperatures, with cool mornings and gentle warm mid-days.
The vegetation at Mombo was still green and quite...
Morné Hamlyn is back with more safari stories from South Africas Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, adjacent to the Kruger National Park. Morné is one of the rangers at Kings Camp, a superb safari camp located there.
Sorry about the delay on updates from the Timbavati, things have been busy here! (Especially with our Wedding planning…). I got married to Melissa,...
Africa's big three eagles are the bird equivalents of the lion, the leopard and the cheetah.
The southern part of Africa is a place that is rich in its variety of habitats. Deserts, wetlands, mountains, grasslands, forest and woodland are all represented somewhere in the region. This diversity of landscapes also brings with it a diversity of animal life. The...
A rare sighting of 3-week-old leopards and their mother, carefully secluded in a den under a fallen tree in the Selinda region of northern Botswana.
During our recent visit to Zarafa Camp in northern Botswana’s Selinda Concession, Nicky and I enjoyed superb game viewing, both on game drive and from the boat. This area is so lovely during Botswana’s summer...
