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Safari

Coffee Break with a Difference

Early morning safari outings in the Botswana winter are a very chilly affair. Wearing hats, gloves, fleeces, blanket ponchos and clutching bush babies (hot water bottles!) we set out each […]

Horseback Safari

If you’re a competent rider and you want to get up close to animals in the wild, then I urge you to do a horseback safari. I did that in […]

Between the Ears

This week, Ed has asked us to post one photo of our favourite subject.  That’s difficult! I love Africa, animals and horse riding, so I chose this photo, take on […]

African Horizons

The views from the verandah of my tent at Toka Leya Camp in Zambia were simply breathtaking. There was nothing between me, the mighty Zambezi and Zimbabwe out on the […]

P is for… Palm Nuts

The palm nuts, the fruit of the palm tree, is a much coveted food item for many of the animal inhabitants of Africa, especially during the dry season, when grasses […]

The Ugly Five

Everyone knows about the Big Five, the five animals that tourists want to tick off while on safari, but what about the Ugly Five? They are just as much fun […]