When I first visited Zanzibar back in the late 1980s there was only a handful of good hotels available — and the budget conscious could still sleep on the rooftops in historic Stone Town for only $5-10 a night. Now there are nearly five hundred hotel establishments.
The lion kingdom is in crisis. In the 1950s there were some 450,000 lions in the wild; now there are fewer than 20,000. Only fifty-five groups remain, some of which with fewer than fifty individuals will struggle to survive. Rhino numbers are significantly larger than this.
Climbing up the Palani Hills, this little plantation named Rajakkad is like a breath of fresh air after the heat of the plains in Southern India and much worthy temple viewing in Tamil Nadu. A tea planter’s house which is utterly charming, it is a must-visit place post touring.
In Namibia there are three people per square kilometre. In the UK there are 277 people per square kilometre.
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FIAT 850 ON SAFARI
On February 16th, 1968 Rozanne and her husband set off from Nairobi in a Fiat 850, packed to the gunwales with camping kit, for a safari in the Ngorongoro Crater and beyond.
“The only source of knowledge is experience” – Albert Einstein
Nikita Robb is an eight-time South African Surf Champion and one of Africa’s leading guides, breaking new ground in exclusive adventure travel in the Cape Town area. If you want to experience adrenaline-pumping action, she is definitely the guide for you.
Animal migrations are something we like to talk about in the safari world. It might be the obvious and most famous wildlife spectacle of all – the wildebeest migration across the great plains of the Serengeti and Mara ecosystem – or the even larger and more extraordinary fruit bat migration to a lost corner of Zambia and the Kasanka National Park.
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- A trio of treats on the green island of Pemba in the Zanzibar archipelago
- A word on lions and a trio of treats
- A Sense of Place – India’s most holy city
- A wealth of wilderness walks in Namibia
- Travel snippets from Miles
- A Sense of Place – THE INSIDE TRACK on Cape Town guiding
- A Sense of Place – Migrations of people and beasts: East Africa
- A Sense of Place – An era of revolution and global alliances
- A Sense of Place – A walk on the wild side
- A Sense of Place – The ghost ingredient is back
- A Sense of Place – Liuwa Plains and Kafue National Parks – Zambia
- A Sense of Place – Literati in the Pink City, the Capital of Rajasthan
- A Sense of Place – A Tamil town still connected to Europe, Art Deco architecture, and temple antiquity in Southern India.
- A Sense of Place – Dreamy aquamarine sea and stunning safari with the Makuleke people
- A Sense of Place – A trio of lovely ladies in Hyderabad
- A Sense of Place – Entamanu, the wishing tree and walking with the Hadza tribe.
- We get you to places that others don’t… St Helena, Gt Zimbabwe ruins and Papua new Guinea
- A Sense of Place – Walking in the hippie hills of the Himalayas
- A Sense of Place – The Okavango: the river that never finds the sea
- A Sense of Place – The Great Rift Valley, Laikipia, Samburu warriors and Maasai Olympics.
- A Sense of Place – Escape the world in the Namib Desert
- Africa is a massive continent: a collection of 55 countries
- A Sense of Place – Zambezi Watery Wilderness
- A Sense of Place – Burma: the road beyond Mandalay
- Lake Malawi – Would you rather pay for the advertising or the experience?
- From shoe-shine boy to tourist guide in Ethiopia
- A Sense of Place – Ladakh, the Himalayas
- Dhow sailing, Lions are back in Malawi, Self-drive in Namibia
- Sacred rivers and forts, India
- Piranhas, sting rays, caimans – and still people go into the River Negro!
- Kerala, Southern India – God’s own country
- South Africa: Crucible of the rainbow nation
- Madagascar: croissants and lemurs
- Argentina vs Africa on wildlife drama
- Uganda – Gorillas and Gardens
- Mozambique & Kenya: immigration official on holiday
- Mozambique: Gorongosa and reconciliation in the bush
- Zimbabwe is ready for Tourists again
- Serengeti ecosystem and unbeatable savannah
- Lamu: crab complaining
- Kenya: circumcision
- Zambia: Ellie rescue
- Africans: always smiling
- Tswalu
- French sketch
- Kenya: the best hosts
- First visit to Africa 1986
- Namibia, Namib Rand, Skeleton Coast and the ultimate flying safari
- Elephant relocation, quad bike expedition and new Sossusvlei reserve
- Templed out in Tamil Nadu and elephant refuge in Jaipur
- Kenyan sanctuary and family run camp in Zambia
- Australia: Arkaba, Tasmania and Lord Howe Island
- Australia: in the outback and off the beaten track
- India: heavenly Himalayan hideaways, Botswana: fun safari for children and Argentina: hidden homestay in a mountain desert
- Limpopo retreat, Serengeti spectacle and adventure on the Zambezi
- Value for money in Kenya and the trail less travelled in Peru
- Lions in danger, free nights and a new coastal gem
- G and T on demand, hidden beach, micro-light and sleeping on a dam
- Off the beaten track