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Safari Tips

The best malaria-free safari destinations

Want to head on safari while avoiding the risk of malaria? Here’s our round-up of the best malaria-free safari destinations in South Africa

News, Poaching

Another year of loss – an update on Kruger’s rhino populations

Rhino poaching continues to decimate Kruger National Park’s populations. We dive into the latest rhino population figures from SANParks

Opinion Editorial

THIS WEEK

Trekking Tsavo in the footsteps of tuskers, affordable Madikwe & empowering women in tourism to aid economic recovery – this week with AG

Opinion Editorial, Women in Africa

Women in Africa: picking up the post-pandemic pieces

Women in rural Africa are particularly vulnerable to crises, due to low job security & discrimination. In a post-pandemic landscape, empowering women in the tourism sector is helping communities recover, contributing to economic empowerment

Kenya, Tsavo

Tsavo National Park’s Great Walk

Ever dreamt of walking in the footsteps of tuskers on Tsavo National Park’s Great Walk? Norman Owen-Smith traversed 160km of this Kenyan park

Opinion Editorial

THIS WEEK

Niger’s daring translocation to save the West African giraffe, another iconic tusker dies, temporary relief for Africa’s zoo-bound elephants, all about Cape porcupines, & adventures to Zim & Kenya – this week with AG

Natural history, Tsavo

Iconic Tsavo super tusker Lugard dies

Iconic Tsavo super tusker Lugard, has died of natural causes. Lugard is the second tusker to be found deceased in Tsavo in the past month

Human-wildlife conflict, Natural history

West African giraffe conservation success in Niger after daring translocation

A vital population of West African giraffe in Niger has been bolstered after the translocation of 4 giraffe from a security stricken region to Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve

Cape porcupine
Natural history

Cape porcupine

Cape porcupines are fascinating creatures. Protected by deadly quills, they are the largest rodents in southern Africa

Opinion Editorial

THIS WEEK

CoP19 proposal to uplist hippos, photo safari at Oltepesi, giant elephant birds, art on safari, and humans reach the 8 billion mark – this week with AG

Destinations

Oltepesi – a Maasai Mara camp for photographers

Oltepesi Tented Safari Camp in Mara North Conservancy is designed with photographers in mind – ideal for an epic Kenyan photographic safari

Decoding science

Hippos to be uplisted? CITES CoP19

Ten African states have proposed the transfer of the hippo from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I ahead of the 19th Conference of the Parties. What does this entail?

African safari

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Travel in Africa is about knowing when and where to go, and with whom. A few weeks too early/late or a few kilometres off course, and you could miss the greatest show on Earth. And wouldn’t that be a pity?

African travel

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We donate a portion of the revenue from every safari sold to carefully selected conservation projects that make a significant difference at ground level.

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