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The lioness nearly ate my bacon
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...
Feeding baby rhinos
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,...
Buffalo ambush
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...
Trapped by wildlife
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...
Ten new book releases
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...
A Cheetah’s Tale
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...
Book Club, Spring 2017
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...
Best bird guides for Africa
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...
The Big Cat Man
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...
Book worms!
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...
6 Places made famous by literature
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...
Autumn 2015 Reading List
(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...
Featured book: Terra d’Africa
(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...
Featured book: The Impossible Five
(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...
Summer 2015 Reading List
(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...
Spring 2015 Reading List
(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...
Featured book: Insider’s Guide – How and where to photograph Birds in Southern Africa
(Issue 70, Spring 2015) Insider’s Guide: How and where to photograph Birds in Southern Africa By Isak Pretorius, (Jacana books, 140mm wide x 210mm tall, 380 pages) The first thing the reader of any photography guidebook looks for is evidence...
Featured book: Legendary Safari Guides
(Issue 69, Winter 2014) Legendary Safari Guides By Susie Cazenove (Bookstorm, Paperback, 352 pp, ISBN: 978-1-920434-94-6) As editor of Travel Africa, readers often ask me for ideas to help them plan their safari. One can have a lot of fun...
Autumn 2014 Reading List
(Issue 68, Autumn 2014) Books that have caught our eye this season: The one to read The Irresponsible Traveller: Tales of Scrapes and Narrow Escapes (Bradt Travel Guides) What happens when 40 of our most loved and adventurous travellers...
5 Inspiring African books
(Issue 68, Autumn 2014) Dave Southwood - guide and Africana collector, selects his favourite reads. 1 Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa William J Burchell, 1824 Naturalist Burchell invested his inheritance in travel, collecting over 50,000 specimens on...
