Trade winter for an East African paradise
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Featured Stories
In December, while the northern hemisphere is experiencing a cold and dark winter, Africa is experiencing a balmy, welcoming summer. The...
Choosing Between Eastern & Southern Africa Safaris
Safari veterans broadly divide Africa into two regions, eastern and southern. Because of the continent’s enormous size, if you can narrow...
Optimizing Your Safari: 10 Crucial Questions to Ask Your Safari Company
Selecting the right safari company goes a long way in ensuring the best experience from beginning to end – a trip that is tailored...
Safari Stories
Exploring Africa's Wildlife and Wild Places
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
How Your Safari Protects Africa’s 900 Remaining Mountain Gorillas
Mountain gorillas are still under threat. Even though the mountain gorilla population in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is growing,...
- Apr 14, 2020
- 4 min
Gorilla Trekking and Photography Safaris in the Congo Jungle in Africa
After having photographed mountain gorillas in Rwanda and chimpanzees in both Uganda and Tanzania, I wanted to photograph lowland...
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
Top 3 Reasons to Go on an African Safari in Kenya
For many of us, consciously or subconsciously, we think of a safari, and Kenya comes to mind. In part, we can thank Hollywood for its...
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
If the World is Your Oyster... then in Uganda You’ll Find Many Pearls
Whenever someone wants to do a PR job on Uganda they trot out the fact that Sir Winston Churchill called it the “pearl of Africa.” As...
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
A Place Where the Elephants are in Charge
David Tett describes the elephant conservation work of Dame Daphne Sheldrick and shares a custom Kenya safari to visit elephant...
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
Elephant Conservation: Does Elephant Compassion Deserve Our Own?
African wildlife conservation photographer and Bushtracks traveler Susan McConnell describes the profoundly moving elephant interactions...
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
The Big 5 & Shark Dive Safari
LIONS, LEOPARDS, BUFFALOS, RHINOS, ELEPHANTS…AND SHARKS Our newest safari The Big 5 & Shark Dive offers the best of land and sea with...
- Apr 13, 2020
- 1 min
GOOD NEWS FOR THE SERENGETI
Today Serengeti Watch reported a positive development in its work to block the proposed Serengeti Highway, which, if constructed, would...
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
World Giraffe Day is June 21st
They are among the most easily recognized animals on earth, but you might be surprised to know how little you know about giraffes! To...
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
Congratulations to the Okavango Delta! The 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage Site Designee
On June 22, 2014 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) voted to recognize Botswana’s Okavango Delta...
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