Book Club

A Taste of Tanzania By Axel Janssens, Wim Demessemaekers and Stephen Walckiers  (Untold) We’ve been looking forward to a new coffee table book on Tanzania for some time. And it’s been well worth the wait with the release of...

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...

We spoke to chef Callie-Ann Gavazzi about her cooking, her career and her passion for all things Africa What was the inspiration for your new book. ‘A Love Affair with Food in Africa’ is a dedication of...

Here are my top three worst dishes that I have eaten whilst overseas: third place goes to a goat’s head (brains and all), second place to a fruit bat, and first place to a mopane worm. The mopane worm,...

Mana Pools, in Zimbabwe, is an extraordinary place, and I would certainly classify it as one of the true wildernesses of Africa. I suppose that I have a great affinity for this place as this was my first experience...

There was a snuffling, snorting, and mewing sound as the two baby rhinos anticipated their midnight feed. I was a bit blurry-eyed as I staggered downstairs to prepare their formula milk. I imagined it was like feeding human babies,...

While I was working in Zimbabwe, I had the opportunity to visit Bumi Hills in 1993, a fantastic lodge up on the edge of Lake Kariba with views to die for. I was working in Save Valley Conservancy and...

It was a typical morning in Africa with Karen. We had risen with the sun, been down to check the hippos that Karen was studying, and were back at the house by breakfast time. I call her place a...

Here’s some new reading matter to feed your interest in Africa over the coming months, compiled by Henry Bevan Eyes Over Africa Michael Poliza (31 July 2017) From deserts to cities to grasslands, let your imagination be captured by...

We’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading HRH Princess Michael of Kent’s account of rearing (and releasing to the wild) a cheetah cub, ‘Tess’, when a teenager living in Mozambique. Through her delightful personal story, the book also gives a great insight...

The Timbuktu School for Nomads: Across the Sahara in the Shadow of Jihad, by Nicholas Jubber ‘Timbuktu’ is used in the English language to describe an inaccessible, distant land — so much so that it is often deemed a...

Keith Betton, Chairman of the African Bird Club, uses his expertise to help you find the best bird guides available for your next safari. Birds of Western Africa Christopher Helm Publishers, £29.99 With Nik Borrow’s detailed illustrations, Ron Demey’s...

In this extract from his newly published autobiography, The Big Cat Man, Jonathan Scott – presenter of BBC’s Big Cat Diary – describes the moment he got more than he bargained for when filming one of Africa’s most elegant...

Welcome to the Travel Africa Book Club, a valued resource for all readers with an interest in African wildlife, culture and travel. We’ll let you know about new releases, dig out some interesting old favourites and invite guests to...

The best travel writing captures the heart and the imagination. The author’s ability to conjure up a sense of place leaves us longing to go there. If you wept over the dust-pale sunsets and sheer romance of Out of...

(Issue 72, Autumn 2015) Books that have caught our eye this season: 5 great African books Long-time subscriber to this magazine and Africa enthusiast John Dennis picks his five favourite reads 1 The African Safari, by P Jay Fetner...

(Issue 72, Autumn 2015) Terra d'Africa By Jacqueline De Monte and Valentino Morgante (Daniele Marson Editore, hardback, ISBN: 978-8897123125) It’s easy to become slightly blasé about wildlife photography. The myriad pictures strewn across the Internet lessen the impact of what...

(Issue 71, Summer 2015) The Impossible Five: In Search of South Africa’s Most Elusive Animals By Justin Fox, (Tafelberg, Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-920434-94-6) *Please be aware that this book is only available in Southern Africa at present* Most people go on...

(Issue 71, Summer 2015) Books that have caught our eye this season: 5 recommended African reads Biologist, former tour leader and Africa enthusiast Erik van de Ven picks his favourite books 1 Solitaire, by Ton van der Lee Dutch...

(Issue 70, Spring 2015) Books that have caught our eye this season: 5 Inspirational African Books Patrick Brakspear of Brisbane-based African Encounter, shares his favourite pioneer stories. Each of the people featured is a legendary figure in wildlife conservation...