There were no thundering hooves of fleeing buffalo or barking of zebra this afternoon. Even the coos of the turtle and wood doves were subdued owing to the heat. We gently slid into the mokoro. Kenneth leaned on his long pole, skillfully balancing in the prow, and we silently glided ...
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, with my camera gear between my knees, and I am resting on a cushion, with the expert poler standing behind me. I have no idea how ...
We were in the Okavango Delta, on the edge of an island of woodland overlooking an open floodplain, sipping cocktails and enjoying the changing sky; the evolving russets, oranges and reds of the sunset. I was with a wonderful family from California - three generations, so there was quite a ...
So, Wild Dogs hunting on Day One at Vumbura. Could Day Two possibly come close to that? The following afternoon we had planned a mokoro (dugout canoe) ride in the Delta. We set off from the camp after tea, heading in the direction of the place in one of the ...
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 great deal of respect for these much maligned animals. I hoped to see them in March when I was on safari on the Serengeti Plains (Tanzania), ...
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 think their lives are peaceful. However hippos depend on water to keep their bodies cool, and have a harem breeding system, so the males compete intensely ...
We left Mombo Camp with a plan to find roaring lions we had heard from the camp at dawn, with Callum, our Mombo Camp guide. However soon after leaving camp we encountered a couple of breeding herd of elephants. They were moving quite quickly, eager to get somewhere. There was ...
Mobile tented camps, due to their not being permanent, have very little impact on the wildlife around them. In this case we become the visitors. I had taken Nick and Moira Bienstock on their honeymoon sixteen years ago, and now thanks to the modern age of the internet, they were ...
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 difference. It sounded like someone snoring down a hose pipe half-filled with water, creating a sort of gurgling sound as he snored. It was indeed an ...
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 location beneath a canopy of cool, shady, indigenous trees, with a magnificent vista across the floodplains. The camp is divided into two separate sections, each with ...
