Watch Wednesday

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…

For some reason, our guests had a bumper lion month. From Duba Plains to Selinda, from the Maasai Mara to Tembo Plains, the most extraordinary sightings have been thrilling our guests. Still, the lion and hyena battles stand out as being reminiscent of Eternal…

Someone once said that Einstein remarked, "If the bee disappeared from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live." Sayings and rumours resemble a swarm of bees. In celebration of World Bee Day,…

It is International Jazz Day. Okay, that’s irrelevant. But actually, that moment at dawn, when the birds start their songs, when the breeze softly rattles the reed tops and distant baboons respond to a passing leopard—all while the base notes…

What is the downside? Celebrating the Earth should be universally recognised as a benign and respectful act, regardless of one’s beliefs or opinions on how to utilise this precious planet. I am reminded, as always at this time, of the…

Yesterday, I stopped in my tracks and looked down. A large male lion’s pugmarks, in the soft sand high up in the Kenyan hills at Shompole, had caught my attention. I was laying out the site for our latest camp…

At Great Plains Conservation, sustainability is not a slogan—it is the very ethos that guides us. Every decision we make is carefully considered, ensuring we leave the lightest possible footprint on the pristine, wildlife-rich landscapes we are privileged to protect. From…

As I write this, and periodically look up at Kilimanjaro as she peeks out from the clouds, snow-capped and elegantly adorned, we are about to try our luck at finding a very special cat that appears in our video this week. The…