Guide to Driving in Namibia: 10 Useful Self-drive Tips
Driving in Namibia on a self-drive safari means embarking on a true African adventure. Namibia is custom-made for this kind of self-guided exploration. It has a well-maintained road network and all the necessary infrastructure for drawing near to the country’s winning combination of...
Guide to Visiting Ngorongoro Crater – All You Need To Know
There’s nowhere on Earth quite like Ngorongoro in Tanzania, nowhere that captures that coming together of iconic natural beauty and an exceptional wildlife experience. Descending down into this ancient volcanic caldera at dawn can feel like returning to the Earth’s first morning, to a lost, green world of...
Guide to Visiting Chobe National Park – All You Need To Know
Chobe is one of my favorite parks in all of Africa. Why? Because it feels like everything you could possibly want on safari is here within the park’s boundaries – large wildlife numbers, lots of...
Guide to Visiting the Okavango Delta – All You Need To Know
If I could choose one place to go on safari, it would have to be the Okavango. This is a world that never looks the same from one year to the next. It is almost as if each time I visit, the world has been created afresh. It is one of the Earth’s last wilderness areas, where...
Darajani Market in Stone Town Zanzibar - Everything You Need To Know
Colorful Darajani Market, also known as Marikiti Kuu ('Great Market'), has been the commercial hub of Stone Town since the late 19th century. Situated on the east side of Stone Town, it is a fascinating place to explore, with an atmosphere that is both liv..
Guide to Visiting Amboseli National Park – All You Need To Know
Few images are quite so evocative of East Africa as that of a heavily tusked elephant striding through the bush below Mt Kilimanjaro. This is also the defining image of Amboseli National Park, which protects a mosaic...
Guide to Visiting Serengeti National Park – All You Need To Know
Serengeti National Park is the focus of most safaris to Tanzania. Renowned as the setting of a mind-boggling migration involving millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles, this vast Unesco World Heritage Site is also notable for...
Guide to Visiting Masai Mara National Reserve – All You Need To Know
Masai Mara National Reserve is Kenya’s flagship safari destination. Home to all the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and black rhino), this tract of undulating grassland offers outstanding wildlife viewing throughout the year, particularly...
Guide to Visiting Kruger National Park – All You Need To Know
Extending across an incredible 19,485km²/7,523mi², the Kruger National Park is South Africa’s largest protected area and most celebrated wildlife destination. Almost 150 mammal and more than 500 bird species have been recorded, and it’s the last place on Earth where...
Visiting Sossusvlei: A Guide to the Sand Dunes of Namibia
The Namib is the oldest desert on earth. Hidden in what was once a little-known corner of Namibia, between the wild Skeleton Coast and the gravel-faced Naukluft Mountains, the Sossusvlei dunes come close to sand-dune perfection. For those visiting Sossusvlei, find here the guide to visiting the sand dunes of Namibia...
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