The Season of Gold and Amber At the peak of this season, the themes of our regular Wildlife Watch Wednesday - the submissions from guides and guests - are biased towards the amber light and gold grasses we so often…
The ‘origins' story of Great Plains is about how to make a difference with a combination of tourism, social responsibility to communities and conservation and like most grand schemes, you chip away at the concept and then step back from…
Zamara Private, the newest addition to our Great Plains portfolio, is ready to bring to everyone’s attention. Situated in a thicket of trees on high ground in the Mara, on private land, and not far from Mara Plains Camp, Mara…
Mid-season madness! Our guides don’t know which way to point their lenses, as you can see in this week’s assembly of this month’s wildlife sightings. For some reason, there are babies everywhere. Left and right, lion cubs and painted dog…
Another end-of-month snapshot of the highlights taken by our guides and guests shows that it is certainly 'predator time' across our portfolio, although, when isn’t it!? Embedded in this week’s showreel is one image that could well have been taken…
We are often asked by guests about to travel with us what they can expect to see. Of course, nothing is certain, but as a result, some years ago, we started assembling moments from the month of what our guides…
No matter which side of the political spectrum people are on, there seems to be a consensus that the Earth, this home of ours, needs protection. How we do that is where it gets complicated and political. Working off that…
It is fitting that conversations around recycling and World Water Day coincide, and even more so right now, so I will use this moment to discuss what we are going through in Africa. In Botswana’s Okavango Delta, we have seen…
As I weigh up the two opposing stories of this week, I vacillate between the winds of war and the call of the wild. This week’s World Wildlife Day is a reminder that this too shall pass, and when it…
Over the next few days, we are to be engulfed in the swirling celebrations of love. A wedding in India is the perfect reminder of the brightly coloured display of love, its nuances, the flash of festivities, and the sincere…
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