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Southern boy
Meet Olepeng Maitapiso – or simply ‘Ollie’ – who hails from a village deep within the Okavango Delta and has been a guide with Desert and Delta for over twelve years Ollie’s roots may be buried deep amongst the...
“Potential is all you need”
As a guide in Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve, Leeng Lynn Tebalo has grown up in a male-dominated environment. But that hasn’t phased her: pursue what you love, she says, and you won’t feel the stumbling blocks. She talks to...
8 essential Johnny Clegg songs
The spirit of the Great Heart For a great many people, Johnny Clegg’s passing last month brought to a close a story that has accompanied them through South Africa’s transition to democracy. His music – with Juluka, then Savuka,...
“Don’t panic, everything will be okay”
The life and times of a safari travel consultant How to choose the right tour operator to help you plan and book your safari, and how to get the best from them? To find out, we sought...
Leading conservationists shortlisted
The finalists in this year’s Tusk Trust Award for Conservation in Africa have been revealed. “Thanks to the dedication of these extraordinary men and women working on the frontline of conservation, there is a brighter future for Africa’s wildlife,”...
Conserving Kafue
In our series of profiles of people in the safari industry, we talk to Phil Jeffery and Tyrone McKeith about their passion for the Kafue National Park in Zambia and the challenges it faces From a...
The best cultural experiences in Africa
Mark Stratton asks Jim O’Brien to share the events that best showcase the diverse heritage it’s important to celebrate “Most people associate Africa with wildlife, and only that. This does Africa a great disservice as it’s perhaps the best...
Making ‘Eye of the Pangolin’
We meet the team behind the wonderful new documentary highlighting the plight of the world’s most trafficked animal. In the hope of making their film available to the widest possible audience, the producers of Eye of the...
The inspiration of Holly Budge
What has driven this world-record adventurer to raise over £300,000 for conservation through her How Many Elephants campaign? On 6 June 2019 Holly Budge will be joined at the Royal Geographical Society in London by National Geographic Explorer and...
Land of Giants
A breathtaking photographic tribute to Africa’s last great tuskers Imagine a quiet corner of Africa where an elephant can live to more than 60 years of age, growing long in the tooth until her tusks sweep the ground before...
Remembering wildlife
As she launches Remembering Lions, the fourth in a series of books to raise funds for conservation, Margot Raggett talks to Graeme Green about perseverance, poaching and the future of our wildlife Remembering Lions follows Elephants, Rhinos...
Brett McDonald
Carrie Hampton meets the tourism entrepreneur A character like Brett McDonald comes along in only six per cent of the population. But I knew he was a maverick of the safari industry long before the Jungian personality test he...
African Twilight
Wildlife lover Brian Jackman’s fixation with Africa spans over 40 years, beginning at the same time two young photographers, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, started their own exploration of the continent. Their passion, however, was with Africa’s rich cultural...
Africa’s changing cultural landscape
Many travellers to Africa talk about a feeling of ‘returning home’, some instinctive connection to its dusty soils and its diverse people. Certainly, there is an ease and calmness about most Africans that is reassuring and captivating. We are...
Meeting Sophie Augustino
In a country where only 5% of girls finish school, there is one remarkable woman who is succeeding in the tourism industry, empowering others along the way. Dawn Robbins met her. On our month-long vacation in Tanzania, my husband...
Big Cat Tales, with Jonathan Scott
Jonathan Scott moved to Kenya in the 1970s, going on to present Big Cat Diary and, together with his wife Angie, sharing a lifelong passion and concern for big cats with the world through their books, television...
Sketch for Survival
Visitors to the inaugural Wildlife & Safari Show in Harrogate at the end of September were treated to the first public display of the 2018 Sketch for Survival Tour, a delightful collection of artwork created in just 26 minutes...
Heads together
We asked Graham Boynton to report on the discussions and achievements of this year’s Conservation Lab in South Africa The Conservation Lab, the two-day annual conference attached to the We Are Africa luxury travel show, celebrated its fifth anniversary...
Interview: ‘What the African Said…’
We ask the multi-talented and Britain’s Got Talent star Daliso Chaponda what makes him tick – and why the UK is the perfect place for his style of comedy. You are Malawian but born in Zambia, have...
Meet Jim O’Brien
We find out how the founder of Native Eye developed his passion for exploring off-the-beaten-track places. By Phil Clisby The travel bug bit Jim O’Brien as a young child, when a schoolteacher introduced him to the books of Willard...
