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Baby leopards in den at Zarafa...

Baby leopards in den at Zarafa camp
Posted by James on February 3, 2010
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...

Lions and the Savute Channel...

Lions and the Savute Channel
Posted by James on January 26, 2010
Lions and other wildlife living along Botswana’s Savute Channel are faced with new challenges due to the water that now flows in the channel after 17 dry years. During our most recent safari in Botswana, Nicky and I were fortunate to spend...

Saving the Last Lions...

Saving the Last Lions
Posted by James on October 19, 2009
Just 50 years ago there were close to a half-million lions in Africa — about 450,000 in all. Today there are between 16,000 and 23,000. And yet, unlike elephants (a far more numerous species), lions have no protection under the international...

Northern Botswana Safari...

Northern Botswana Safari
Posted by James on October 15, 2009
Our itinerary for this trip began with two nights at the River Club in Zambia.  A cultural visit to Simongwe village and a walk around the Victoria Falls kept us busy there.  We also did a sunset cruise on the Zambezi river. The next day was our...

Great Wilderness Journey...

Great Wilderness Journey
Posted by James on October 8, 2009
This report details our recent safari called the “Great Wilderness Journey“.  There are multiple departures of this itinerary throughtout the year. Our itinerary was Xigera Camp, Motswiri, Linyanti, and Toka Leya Camp.  The first three...

Phenomenal 6-day safari at Leo...

Phenomenal 6-day safari at Leopard Hills
Posted by James on September 28, 2009
The last 6 days of safari at Leopard Hills have been absolutely brilliant. Hundreds of elephant have moved into our traversing area and we see these massive pachyderms all over the reserve. Elephants crossing the Sand river Elephant family drinking The...
recent from Safaris Baby leopards in den at Zarafa camp
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...
recent from Administrative New blog category – Bush Reports
We are adding a new category to our blog… It’s called “Bush Reports”. The postings here will be contributed mostly by African safari guides who live and work in “the African bush” day in and day out. The posts will be exciting reports of wildlife they have seen while...
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