Botswana

The mokoro ride

There were no thundering hooves of fleeing buffalo or barking of zebra this afternoon. Even the coos of the turtle and wood doves were…

I sit in a mokoro, or African dug-out canoe, my eyes only a metre above the waterline. My feet are stretched out before me,…

We were in the Okavango Delta, on the edge of an island of woodland overlooking an open floodplain, sipping cocktails and enjoying the changing…

So, Wild Dogs hunting on Day One at Vumbura. Could Day Two possibly come close to that? The following afternoon we had planned a…

The African Wild Dog is one of Africa’s rarest large predators. Although they may look a little thin and sometimes mangy, I have a…

Watching hippos bask in a pool of water, wheeze-honking every now and then and snorting when they come up for air, would make you…

We left Mombo Camp with a plan to find roaring lions we had heard from the camp at dawn, with Callum, our Mombo Camp…

Mobile tented camps, due to their not being permanent, have very little impact on the wildlife around them. In this case we become the…

While on safari in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, I was awakened at 02:30 one night by the familiar sound of snoring, but with a slight…

Vumbura Plains Camp is situated in a private concession on the north-eastern edge of the Okavango Delta. The camp is situated in a beautiful…