I am filled with excitement that I can finally experience, and tick off my bucket list, one of the world’s most luxurious rail travel experiences: Rovos Rail. My journey started off slowly with...

Rwanda: the country of a thousand hills. How do you ignore the genocide where 1,000,000 Rwandans where brutally killed over 100 days, more than 20 years ago? You can’t. . . You shouldn’t. . . It...

Stay on Lake Malawi I flew from Johannesburg to Lilongwe and the tiny airport was awash with tourists queuing for the immigration officials. Luckily Robin Pope Safaris had arranged a “fixer”...

The Namib desert dunes have been there for millions of years. Some believe it was the sand of the Orange river that was spilled into the strong Benguela current and carried back on land by strong...

“Wilderness is not a luxury. It is a necessity of the human spirit” Edward Abbey Mila (Milandi) recently came back from a walking safari in Zambia. Where she visited both the Lower Zambezi and...

I have just returned from a 3 week research trip in Madagascar. And my overwhelming enthusiasm is tinged with mixed emotions. . . There are so many positive things to say about Madagascar – the...

Back in May, I had the good fortune of going on another Tanzania photographic safari in the northern regions. This time I was visiting outside of the peak season so I was keen to see how the...

Like any job, mine has its upsides and downsides. A Botswana safari in the Okavango Delta at the start of one of the best floods in recent years was definitely one of the upsides! I was being...

Here is a photo blog of a few of my amateur shots from a recent safari to Victoria Falls and Hwange in Zimbabwe. I think it’s useful to show how close you can get to the wildlife. And also the...