Watch Wednesday

As I watched the short video assembled from hours of this month's wildlife sightings submissions from the guides and guests at Great Plains this week, I felt a tinge of FOMO because quite a few of the scenes and images…

I first read these magical words as a boy, devouring books on Africa and falling in love with the notion of seeing something new and exciting every day, and of course, reading Isak Dinesen's famous book. I assembled books almost…

I was pleased to see the submissions from guides and guests, as they represent a cross-section of what everyone is seeing this month, particularly since there is also so little coverage of the wildebeest migration in the Maasai Mara. The…

It has been an exciting month across every single one of our Great Plains properties, as this week’s guests and guides’ videos and photographs show. Action everywhere. But I am pleased to see that some also took the opportunity to…

It seems as if everywhere our guides turned this month, there were big cats, hyenas and painted dogs. These sightings appeared almost across each of our camps, which, of course, is no surprise. We choose our camps strategically to develop…

Each of our safari camps pays special attention to a few key aspects to enrich your stay. There are touches of care and kindness that generally fall into the category of Wellness. Those touches may be a massage, a special…

This week revolves around running; from cheetahs, the finest sprinters, to elephants that can cover vast distances at a leisurely pace, everything is mobile and must be. Spend time in the bush, and within minutes, something will dash past. Dik…