Archive for ‘Alan Murphy’s Column’

This week, Alan discusses safari operators that cater accessible safaris for those visitors to Africa who have an impairment or disability, making regular travel difficult or even impossible…

Alan examines the benefits and drawbacks of branching out and doing part of your safari on your own. A so called Self-drive Safari. Driving in Africa sound…

This week Alan takes a close look at one of Africa’s most fearsome, little seen predators. One that strikes with military precision. The Owl a silent hunter…

Do you bring the little ones? Alan examines the realities of going on Safari with Kids. Imagine how you would have felt seeing elephants, rhino, giraffes, zebra, lions, leopards…

Why Bother? You fly all the way to Africa to spend a few weeks zipping around wildlife parks…Alan lists the reasons to go on Safari and buy that plane ticket…

Do wild animals, wild landscapes and a dark continent make a recipe for romance? Alan gives advice on getting the best romantic safari experiences from your time on safari…

Responsible tourism, giving-back from your travels, eco this and eco that, all tend to be buzz words in the safari industry at the moment. Does any of it really matter?…

In this week’s blog Alan turns the spotlight on to Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, an often overlooked part of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Thinking about safari options? Want a bit of adventure? Fancy getting off-the-beaten-track? And how about plenty of elbow room? Hmmm…I think I know the place for you…

This week Alan looks at a highly successful and ingenious fake fur project to rob poachers of their market for leopard skins. Traditionally, the leopard’s spotted coat has been highly sought after in the illegal fur trade – the high prices for their skins making poaching these animals very lucrative…

Alan’s blog this week turns attention to a rhino named Sudan – the last of his kind on the planet. I have written extensively about the slaughter of rhino in South Africa recently. Rhino horn…