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The birds that catch the eye
Most people picture the dry desolate desert when they think of Namibia. However, though it is quite an arid country, there is much more to it than the Namib desert. In much the same way, first time birders to...
Back to the drawing board
At the 2018 We Are Africa Conservation Lab, some of the world’s top environmentalists, tour operators and journalists came together to find solutions for some of nature’s biggest challenges. Graham Boynton reports Does wildlife tourism have a significant role...
The imbalance of nature
Safari for Real guide and author Lex Hes admires how nature copes with extreme climate shifts. For me, one of the real joys of working as a safari guide is the opportunity to observe nature at work. It is...
Ask the trade
Your questions answered by those who really know FAMILY I have young children and need to travel in the school holidays. Is there anywhere that you would recommend for around Easter time? Wouter Vergeer, SafariBookings South Africa is an...
Why are we waiting?
There are many airports in the world that make you queue for your flight in great discomfort, but Graham Boynton finds South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport particularly suffocating I recently spent so much time in the immigration hall...
The joy of walking
Reflections on life on safari, from Safari for Real guide and author Lex Hes (Image copyright Lex Hes) For me, one of the best things about going off into the wilderness is the sense of peace and quiet that...
Witnessing the Great Migration
I had no idea that the migration was that slow. Despite all that I’d read about it, all the pictures I’d seen, and all the stories I’d heard, I had always thought it happened at pace. But all I...
In tourists we trust
It feels like we’re at a crossroads with all the things we hold dear about Africa, truly the world’s most exciting continent. On the one hand, there has never been such intense pressure on our natural habitats and their...
Cherish the moments
Are hippos carnivorous? Over New Year at Nyamandlovu pan in Hwange we watched a kudu cow take to the water to evade wild dogs. A crocodile immediately struck, but was chased off swiftly by two hippos which commandeered the...
Here’s to our sponsors
With every issue of Travel Africa we work on it becomes clearer that what we are doing is genuinely making a difference in Africa. It’s contributing to the protection of natural habitats, building a new generation of rangers, and...
