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Why we invested in the Tuli Block
As an avid wildlife enthusiast Paul Klomp travelled regularly to Africa from his home in the Utrecht region of The Netherlands. However, finding that he was, as he puts it, “becoming frustrated with the typical safari experience offered by...
Q&A: Grant Reed
When it comes to wildlife experiences, there isn’t much that Grant Reed hasn’t seen or done. Maria Airey spoke to him to find out more about the lifelong passion for nature that led him to establish Letaka...
Reaching out
To see how tourism is helping with conservation and community development, we talked to Jon Brown, of Virgin Limited Edition, about Mahali Mzuri, their camp in Kenya’s Masai Mara As the world entered a new millennium, Jon Brown, then...
On the road again
Jack Andrew Cribb spoke to adventurer Charley Boorman, of Long Way Down fame, about his rehabilitation after a motorcycle accident in 2016, his love of Africa and his recent trip to Kenya What inspires you to travel?...
Debbie and John Addison
The passionate pair behind Wild Frontiers have been crafting unique safari experiences since 1988. We talked to them about their lives, their work and the reasons they love Africa What was your first experience in Africa? John: I was...
Building conservancies
If you’re interested in investing in conservation in Africa, Pete Anderson may be the man to turn to… Pete Anderson was born into tourism. Literally. Growing up on one of the earliest wildlife tourism lodges – Sohebele – in...
Meet Brett Thomson
We talked to the co-founder and managing director of Sun Destinations about his life and how he set up his business It was while living in Dublin that Brett Thomson had the idea to start a tour operating company....
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...
This Maasai girl can
Against all odds, 23-year-old Agnes of Basecamp Explorer has become one of Kenya’s only female guides On the 8 March we celebrated International Women’s Day, a day to commemorate ladies’ achievements across the globe and promote gender equality. At...
Meet Sophie Walbeoffe
The artist tells Anna Vujicic about her life in Kenya, owning a herd of camels and how Africa inspires her work What do you love about Africa? Africa has a freedom and beauty that I have never...
Meet Beks Ndlovu
African Bush Camps chief executive Beks Ndlovu developed his love for remote areas at a young age, accompanying his mother, a state nurse, when she was transferred to various rural outposts in Zimbabwe. This nomadic life fuelled his desire...
Meet Ian Batchelor
Anna Vujicic talked to the co-founder of Upmarket Safaris about growing up in Zimbabwe, his favourite safari activity and what it’s like to have your wife as your business partner… You and your parents moved to Zimbabwe...
Meet the artist: Emily Lamb
With the recent release of her new prints ‘African Fish Eagle’ and ‘Carmines’, Emily Lamb spoke to Olivia Rook about her love affair with Africa, her efforts to combine narrative and art, and her collaboration with her...
Meet David Ryan
Talking to David Ryan, the founder of safari company Rhino Africa, you can feel the passion for Africa oozing out of him. A passion that was fuelled “without a doubt”, he says, by his parents' love of the outdoors....
Meet Annabel Hughes
Situated on the banks of the Zambezi River, The Elephant Café was voted Zambia's best new restaurant of 2016, and has been nominated for a 2017 Luxury Travel Guide Award. Head chef Annabel Hughes discusses the inspiration...
Meet John Stevens: the best of the best
Born in 1948 in Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands, renowned private-safari guide John Stevens has spent most of his life in the bush, inspiring countless guests with his love and enthusiasm for the African wilderness. He shares his invaluable...
Road to recovery
Rwanda has undergone a remarkable renaissance since the genocide that shocked the world in 1994. Belise Kariza, of the Rwanda Development Board, tells Laura Griffith-Jones why now is the time to go What was your childhood like?...
Meet Wouter Vergeer
Dutch dotcom entrepreneur Wouter Vergeer, founder and co-owner of online marketplace SafariBookings, fell in love with Africa when he visited Tanzania in 2003. “It made me feel like a guest in a world ruled by animals,” he says. “It...
Pioneers of Western Chobe
As Muchenje Safari Lodge celebrates its 20th anniversary, Shaun Metcalfe looks back at its founding and how the lodge, and the Chobe safari experience, has evolved in this time. It was in the late 1980s that the founders (who...
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...
