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...
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...
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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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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...