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Safari Season – visit Africa in Mar, Apr, May
When is the best safari season in Africa? We answer one of the most common safari questions with a comprehensive look at the best African destinations and when to visit them in March, April and May.

Photographer of the Year 2021 Weekly Selection: Week 13
Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Mandrill – a colourful character
The mandrill is a colourful, tool-using, socially complex monkey that lives in groups called hordes in the forests of western Central Africa.

CEO note: ‘Problem’ lions + Africa’s 11 dog species
CEO note: ‘Problem’ lions + Africa’s 11 dog species

Elephant hunting – Botswana grants 287 licenses
Botswana elephant hunting: The Botswanan government has granted 287 licenses after the previous season was disrupted by Covid

Photographer of the Year 2021 Weekly Selection: Week 12
Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Translocating lions does not reduce conflict – research
New research from Botswana shows that translocating lions in conflict with livestock owners is expensive and results in high lion mortality, repeat offences and very little reduction in human-lion conflict.

African canids – 11 fascinating species
Today, 11 African canids, from excitable African painted wolves and shrewd jackals to the tiny fox species, hunt the continent’s desert, alpine grassland, savanna and woodland.

CEO note: Question: Largest mammal migration on Earth?
CEO note: Question: Largest mammal migration on Earth?

Photographer of the Year 2021 Weekly Selection: Week 11
Fantastic images from our Photographer of the Year 2021. Enter now to win US$10,000 cash and a Botswana safari

Kasanka Bat Migration – an astonishing natural wonder
The Kasanka bat migration in Zambia is the largest mammal migration on planet earth. It’s a spectacular must-see for nature lovers

Fairy circles – ghostly footprints of dead Euphorbias
Fairy circles – Euphorbia toxins are responsible for the bizarre fairy circles that have baffled and fascinated scientists – new research