Nine days hiking Africa’s highest mountain
Why do people climb Africa’s highest mountain, the summit of which is at 19,340 feet / 5,895 metres asl (above mean sea level) and…
Mountains and hikes
Hunter-gatherers and pastoralists
As we turned off the main road just after the little town of Karatu, we were greeted by “The Mogul Highway “. Ron and…
The hike to Lengai
A few weeks ago I left for Ngorongoro Crater with my family, my sister and her three boys. We spent the morning enjoying the…
Quest for chimpanzees
Gillian and I had been to Uganda before to see the rare mountain gorilla, and this time we decided to travel there to see…
Trout fishing from Rutundu cabins on Mount Kenya
We arrived at dusk after a couple of hours drive on a very rough mountainous track. On the way we had seen signs of…
Kilimanjaro Western Breach News
The Western Breach Route on Mount Kilimanjaro was closed by Kilimanjaro National Park authorities following a rock fall which killed three climbers and injured…
Close Encounters of the primate kind….
The young Blackback came over and sat not far away, gazing into the distance, as if in deep thought. And then an interaction most…
To the summit of Mount Meru
My ten year old son Laurence has recently become interested in mountains and climbing them. He had no experience climbing, or even hiking very…
El Camino de Santiago
El camino de Santiago es una de las rutas de peregrinación más famosas del mundo. En los últimos años se ha vuelto más popular…
Pirineos Centrales
Los Pirineos son muy variados y tienen muchos micro-climas o regiones que han sido una parte, o completamente, independientes durante siglos. Cada una de…
Pirineos Occidentales – el país vasco y las regiones de vino de la rioja
Éste región está generalmente más poblada que los Pirineos centrales, y es extremadamente diferente. Ofrece una escabrosa y espectacular línea de costa, montañosa y…