Home for the next two nights is Okonjima Plains Camp, home of the AfriCat Foundation. Let me start by saying that I’m fully supportive of AfriCat’s mission to conserve the big cat species of Africa. […]
Today it’s off to Windhoek on a British Airways flight, which proves a conundrum. Check-in at OR Tambo airport is at Terminal B, yet my boarding pass says Gate A00, and the Terminal B check-in […]
This morning is the last game drive for my stay at Exeter River Lodge, with our usual 5.30am departure. It hasn’t rained overnight by the look of it, but there are still large puddles on […]
I’m up for half an hour at 5.30 am by the time I realise that it’s raining. A delayed departure time of 6 am makes little difference…it’s still raining. But rain is good…every time I’ve […]
Still grey, overcast, and quite chilly in the open safari vehicle this morning from Exeter River Lodge. The Othawa lion pride are found in the Sand River bed, using a group of large rocks to […]
Another early start at 5.30am from Exeter River Lodge pays dividends immediately. The Day One male leopard from yesterday has hauled the impala carcass up a tree and is busy feeding on it. He eats […]
