About four months ago, I decided to quit my corporate job and move over to South Africa to live in the bush. I can’t believe it’s already been that long, and that I have survived… relatively unscathed. No malaria, no scorpion stings or snake bites. I haven’t been trampled by an elephant or stalked by […]
Categories: BLOG BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA Posted onThe bold and the lions in Mashatu
I think we can all agree that lions are pretty amazing creatures. Huge, majestic, fearsome and gorgeous – you always get a rush when you see them in the wild – whether it’s your first or your 200th time. Granted, they can be a little on the boring side given they sleep upwards of about […]
Categories: BLOG BOTSWANA WILDLIFE Posted onWhere to stay in Kruger
So you are lucky enough to be booking a trip in South Africa’s amazing Kruger National Park but not sure where you should be staying? I CAN HELP YOU. I have stayed in almost all the main rest camps from the north to the south, and spent many hundreds of hours driving around. In fact, […]
Categories: KRUGER SOUTH AFRICA Posted onWhy you shouldn’t visit lion parks
The second time I visited South Africa, my sister made all the arrangements for the trip and one of the things she looked into was visiting a lion park, where we could get up close and personal with lion cubs. I was excited about the idea but luckily my sister had the foresight to think […]
Categories: CONSERVATION SOUTH AFRICA Posted onCelebrating your birthday in Botswana
Back in 2012 I celebrated my birthday in Africa for the first (but hopefully not the last) time. Funnily enough it was only a week or so after I first met Van, but I had left South Africa and was in Tanzania all by myself (OK technically I was on a tour with a bunch […]
Categories: BLOG BOTSWANA Posted onKruger update: January 2017
Ok so we have been a bit slack because we have had a few trips to Kruger that are yet to be posted about on here and I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING IN SUSPENSE. Ok so maybe you haven’t, but even so I think it’s time I provide a KRUGER UPDATE!! Maybe one […]
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