I leaned forward recently and followed a young lion cub through my lens. He was about to take a massive chance. As he circled a huge hairy mane in front...
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We watched two Secretary birds float up in a nest on a tree in the Maasai Mara recently. Each bird placed a twig exactly where it most made sense -...
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The Most Important thing on Earth We often get bogged down in the “weeds”, struggling with the concepts of how elephants or lions, mice or men fit in without looking...
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The look on our team’s faces this week as guests stepped across the threshold into the reopened Zarafa could have been bottled! The guests' smiles (from behind masks) of the...
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Do many whispers make a racket? A single bell frog starting up alone, ‘tink, tink’, in the crisp night stands out as a lone voice but is often just the...
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At 8 am today there was an earth shift in Botswana. Some will not have noticed it but many did, and it has huge significance to the tourism industry in...
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I first heard the roar of a lion when I was about six. It was the same day I first saw elephants. I was too young to spell 'fear', so...
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It has been just over a year since I committed to staying in contact with impressions and notes from Africa to you, our Great Plains followers. What a ride it has...
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An Original Dream The very origin of safari is based on a journey. Of expeditions. When we first went to Botswana, it was for a safari down the Okavango in...
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OPERATION ONE-TON This time of the year has to be the most exciting. The season change is suddenly remarkable. Many of our friends, guests, and followers are celebrating deep connections to...
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