The Agony and The Ecstasy The past week has been so very interesting - a moment in time that has made so many in Africa reflective. South Africa, the gateway...
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THERE IS A WELL-USED AND, IN MY OPTION, OVER-USED AFRICAN PROVERB THAT SAYS, "IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST, GO ALONE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR, GO TOGETHER."...
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IT’S ALL GONE TO THE DOGS Last time we were in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, as we put the finishing design touches to the new Jahazi Suite at Mara Plains, we...
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GUIDANCE FROM GIANTS As the world lurches and stumbles forward to make sense of travel in 2021, there are some apparent fundamental truths and trends. We are seeing, and adjusting...
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I fell hopelessly in love with a medium height brunette decades ago. Beverly and I never looked back, but I must confess to also having an eye for tall blondes...
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I leaned forward recently and followed a young lion cub through my lens. He was about to take a massive chance. As he circled a huge hairy mane in front...
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We watched two Secretary birds float up in a nest on a tree in the Maasai Mara recently. Each bird placed a twig exactly where it most made sense -...
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The Most Important thing on Earth We often get bogged down in the “weeds”, struggling with the concepts of how elephants or lions, mice or men fit in without looking...
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The look on our team’s faces this week as guests stepped across the threshold into the reopened Zarafa could have been bottled! The guests' smiles (from behind masks) of the...
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Do many whispers make a racket? A single bell frog starting up alone, ‘tink, tink’, in the crisp night stands out as a lone voice but is often just the...
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At 8 am today there was an earth shift in Botswana. Some will not have noticed it but many did, and it has huge significance to the tourism industry in...
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I first heard the roar of a lion when I was about six. It was the same day I first saw elephants. I was too young to spell 'fear', so...
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It has been just over a year since I committed to staying in contact with impressions and notes from Africa to you, our Great Plains followers. What a ride it has...
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An Original Dream The very origin of safari is based on a journey. Of expeditions. When we first went to Botswana, it was for a safari down the Okavango in...
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OPERATION ONE-TON This time of the year has to be the most exciting. The season change is suddenly remarkable. Many of our friends, guests, and followers are celebrating deep connections to...
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THE GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION ADVENTURE CHALLENGE This past week included World Water Day. That got me thinking about what these days are for and whether they count at all. They...
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In Gratitude of Great Plains Guides, and elephants So you've arrived at a Great Plains camp, enjoyed the arrival, the warm welcome, perhaps a meal, and it's time… For many, this...
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For the Love of Women Many years ago, I fell in love with a woman who also happens to be the 'toughest person' I know. Beverly embraces Africa’s heat and dust,...
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I’m no numerologist, but I have some significant prophetic numbers that worm around in my head. 36 is one of them, and it happens to be the percentage of human land...
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Why SAPI? You ask. Nearly four years ago, we drove through a concession called SAPI (which at that time was a hunting area). Sapi is on Zimbabwe's Mana Pools Reserve's eastern boundary,...
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