Great Plains Foundation Impact Report Quarter 2 | APRIL - JUNE 2022 Dispatch from Zimbabwe I wanted to share the Great Plains Foundation Impact Report from Quarter 2 of 2022...
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Gnus, or Wildebeest as they are also known, seen heading toward Kenya's Mara River as part of the annual migration Mara Nyika Camp - Proud martial eagle Mara Nyika Camp...
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WORLD RANGER DAY Today as I walked along the banks of the Zambezi, exhausted by a day working on elephant relocations, I am excited but reflective. I also wondered about...
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Selinda Spillway aerial Duba Plains Camp Aardwolf Duba Plains Camp Lioness Duba Plains Camp Lioness and cubs Duba Plains Camp Lioness and cubs Okavango Explorers Camp dinner setup Duba Plains...
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ol Donyo Lodge Camera Trap Lions ol Donyo Lodge Camera Trap Lioness ol Donyo Lodge Camera Trap Leopard ol Donyo Lodge Camera Trap Leopard ol Donyo Lodge dinner ol Donyo...
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Tembo Plains Elephant Tembo Plains rainbow Tembo Plains Rock Python Tembo Plains Camp view from the Pilot's Room Mpala Jena Camp high tea Mpala Jena Camp high tea Mpala Jena...
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Introducing the Great Plains Big Cats Initiative Without wild landscapes, biodiversity and harmony, nature itself cannot thrive and save us from ourselves. So a while ago we designed a very...
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“Several times a year, across the globe, National Geographic brings together the most fascinating and innovative scientists, conservationists, explorers, educators, and storytellers. One of our pinnacle convenings – the Explorers...
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Duba Explorers Camp Last week as we mingled with fellow Explorers from around the world at the annual Global Explorers conference in the Azores, Portugal, the discussions kept circling back...
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The People of Great Plains Whilst we are a conservation company, Great Plains, is also a high-touch hospitality company. From time to time, we like to profile the people who...
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Peter Mambo When I looked at a young man sitting behind a wooden desk he had made himself, there was something about his warm smile that made me think our...
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Mpala Jena Camp Hippo Zimbabwe Lion Pride Zimbabwe Lion Cub Zimbabwe Victoria Falls Mpala Jena Camp Bee Eaters Mpala Jena Camp Bee Eaters Mpala Jena Camp boats on the Zambezi...
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The Female Rangers of Great Plains I have never responded well to someone saying, 'No, you can't do that!' We can all dream. We must all dream. If we agreed...
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Happy World Wellness Day From the National Geographic base camp, where we just announced our Project Rewild Zambezi initiative, I picked up a copy of Dan Beuttner’s new book The...
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Cheetah hunting at Mara Nyika Camp Cheetah hunting at Mara Nyika Camp Cheetah hunting Cheetah hunting Sub adult lion ol Donyo Lodge guests with One Ton Cheetah climbing tree Crocodiles...
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The best safaris are made of unforgettable Botswana safari sightings moments… and this was undoubtedly one of them. Guests at Selinda recently watched as a coalition of lions attempted to...
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PROJECT REWILD ZAMBEZI There is a place in Africa where the piles of bones are soon to be replaced with living wildlife! There has been a steady recovery of wildlife...
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When pieces of the puzzle go missing A piece of Biodiversity Day went missing recently as one of our fellow National Geographic Explorers, Tom Lovejoy, passed away. He designed the idea of the...
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EXPLORERS AT LARGE I was recently pressed to answer what an explorer actually does, especially in the light of fewer and fewer unexplored GPS coordinates on the planet. I talked to...
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What’s happening in May? Suddenly our booking sheets for May have all but filled up. There are zebras in the thousands around Kenya’s Mara Nyika, and I don’t think I...
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