Articles written by Dave Christensen
What a way to get a flat tyre!
There seemed to be pups everywhere, often approaching the vehicle very closely to investigate. This all seemed very endearing until it was time to drive away.
Moru Magic
.....males have to do all the running!
The Rains Arrive in Northern Tanzania.
The short rains, which normally fall in Northern Tanzania in November, completely failed this year, leaving the mega-herd in a real dilemma. Short of grazing and surface water to drink, the herds split up and wandered to and fro moving between grazing and water. This commute often took two days ...
Family Safari in Mana Pools
....so armed with my trusty Smith and Wesson .44 magnum, we canoed out to a flat sandbar in the Zambezi River, and wallowed like hippo’s in the shallow water.
Always Something New
I am amazed that, even though I have been in the bush for over twenty five years, I am often surprised by new sightings and experiences. In June I was on safari .....
Skeleton Coast Safari – Namibia
The highlight of Jimmy Balodimas’s return to Africa with us was the “Fly-in safari” along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. We did a three night, four day safari, flying from camp to camp in a Cessna 210. Our local guide and pilot, Andre, grew up in this area, exploring, and ...
Toast the Blue Moon on New Years Eve 2009
Peter and Alice Redfield’s return to Tanzania after more than twenty years away, with their children, and their grand children, was quite a safari. Apart from the optical delights of lions, cheetahs and elephants, News Years Eve yielded a Blue Moon with a partial lunar eclipse. The Safari ...
Hwange – Place of Elephants
the park lived up to its reputation of having one of the largest concentrations of elephant on the African Continent
Reigning Cats and Dogs
Large predators always have an ability to evoke primaeval feelings of fear, respect and intrigue.
The Joys of Spring
All our senses are stimulated to breaking point. Sensory overload is the order of the day.
Elephant Ballet
There are few places in Africa where you can go and see a huge elephant bull standing up on his back legs ...
Return to the River
I have memories of us gliding silently past herds of waterbuck or buffalo as they kept a watchful eye on us, and watching elephant bulls cross the river.
