Dave Christensen

Articles written by Dave Christensen

The struggle for wildlife in Mana Pools

One of my favourite national parks, Mana Pools in Zimbabwe, is very seasonal. It is an outstanding place to experience wildlife in the dry…

One aspect of an African safari that is often overlooked is the cultural side. The primary reason for an Africa trip is usually the…

This has been the driest February in the vast Serengeti that I can remember. We had poor short rains in November and it has…

One morning, while we were out in the Serengeti Plains looking for cheetah, we came across a solitary female who looked hungry and appeared…

As we drove slowly towards our camp in the Moru kopjes area of the Serengeti we passed a herd of zebra that were moving…

Another season of poor rainfall, and the Serengeti Plains were dry and already a tawny brown colour. Herds of Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles grazed…

A safari is always exciting and the sightings that you have are always amazing, but once in a while you have a safari where…

The wildebeest migration was in full swing, with animals moving every couple of days because the lack of rain was forcing them to look…

We left camp at dawn for an early morning game drive in an area of woodland near the edge of the vast Serengeti Plain….

After several years of conducting most of my safaris in East Africa, it has been wonderful to guide some safaris near home (Zimbabwe) again,…

As the crew went about their work preparing the balloon, a lone wildebeest ran up to within about fifteen yards of it before running…

It’s early January in the Serengeti, and the rains this year have been good for the first time in several years. Some years are…