Chobe National Park – Botswana
In previous blogs we have talked about our wonderful holidays in Botswana, in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the Central Kalahari, as well as up in the Savuti area. In all these places the...
Category: Nature
Where have all the rhinos gone?
Our readers are mainly folks living out of Africa, so I’m going to ask you a strange question here – have you ever seen a rhinoceros in the wild? If you haven’t, may I...
Go with the flow – in the Okavango Delta
No visit to Botswana is complete without experiencing a mokoro trip in the Okavango Delta. Whilst the national parks enthrall you with their abundant wildlife and scenery, gliding through the narrow channels of the...
The Bizarre Welwitschia
In June 2009 the Daily Telegraph in the UK ran a competition in their gardening section to find the “World’s Ugliest Plant”. The competition was won by the Corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) (no surprise...
All creatures great and small
My previous blog was about the spotted hyenas that we saw on a visit to the Kruger National Park. I also spoke about the majority of people wanting to see the Big 5. It...
Spotted Hyenas in Kruger National Park
A visit to the Kruger National Park in South Africa is such a rewarding experience for avid animal and bird lovers like ourselves. We have just returned from a holiday in that part of...
Namibia’s Largest Endemic Carnivore
On several visits to the Erongo Mountains of Western Namibia we have been fortunate enough to catch a few glimpses of black mongooses, usually as they streak across the road in front of the...
The Gemsbok – courageous, elegant and proud
Namibian’s think so highly of the gemsbok, or Oryx gazella that their national coat of arms depicts two of these magnificent animals on either side of a shield covered with the national flag –...
Quiet Reflections
Earth consciousness has been practised by indigenous people for many centuries, often through meditation and reflection on their simple lives and surroundings. Their attunement to nature is borne out by quotes and sayings of...
Quiver me timbers!
Okay! I know that I’ve got the expression wrong and that it should be the famous phrase “Shiver me timbers” as exclaimed by Long John Silver, the pirate in Robert Louis Stevenson’s book Treasure...
Namibia’s Castles of Sand
As regular visitors to the central areas of Namibia, north of Windhoek, we have always been fascinated by the enormous termite mounds that dominate the landscape. We were fortunate enough, on a recent guided...
Warthogs – Nature’s Ugliest Piggies
We’ve all heard the expression “he’s so ugly only his mother could love him!” Well, I think the saying originated when man got his first glimpse of a warthog. These denizens of the African...
The deadly Peregrinatio cimex
Everyone is familiar with measles, mumps, rubella and the like. These are minor, mostly childhood infections that are well under medical control and no longer a real threat to anyone with reasonable access to...
Agamas and lizards
I’m always excited to come across Agamas and lizards on our travels. They are usually such colourful subjects to photograph, but even those that lack colour are still fascinating because of their beautiful scales,...
The majestic Baobab – a legend in its time
Africa is not called the ‘dark continent’ for nothing. It is a continent of dark secrets and legends. The legends cover not only the people, but the animals, rivers and trees. And the tree...
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