Life and death on the plains
In the last few days the weather has changed a little, lovely sunrises but the afternoons marked with cloud and a slightly increased rainfall as well as a rise in temperature. Fortunately so far the rivers remain low and allowing us to still cross over….
Olkeju Rongai cubs and Notch boys!
Unfortunately I start the latest update of the past 3/4 days while Andy is currently horizontal under our vehicle! This morning we had an issue with our Land Rover whereby the anti roll bar mount, part of the chassis severed during our morning drive, we…
Last few days in Mara Triangle
We are a bit behind of blogging given our days have been spent out in the field most of the day for the last 3/4 days! As we write this post we are now in a different section of the Mara so time for a…
Recce to the border and Serval kittens!!!
On the morning of the 8th we took a drive around the Mugoro pride territory to look for the mugoro females and to hopefully find out which males were holding tenure of this pride, we had heard stories that the 4km boys had returned but…
Return to the Mara
Returning back to the Mara is always something we look forward to. Although before we embarked on the trip we knew this trip would be marked with some sadness. It had not been long since the horrific event at Westage Mall, a terrible incident that…
UK newspaper ‘Daily Express’ features one of our images.
Great to see one of our images is featured in the UK national newspaper ‘The Daily Express’. September 4th 2013
Short video of the nosey elephant from the previous post!
Click below to view video Video of Elephant in Camp
Day 7 – Crossing the Magwikhwe sand ridge & Mababe depression
We passed over the precarious bridge that straddles the River Khwai and through the tiny village. Whilst at this point we were in between national parks the area still felt wild and remote. A long and dusty track soon led us to the Mababe Gate…
Days 6-7: North Gate, Moremi Game Reserve
After a few hours drive through more sandy tracks, with swampy and damp woodland lining the route we arrived at our final destination of the Moremi section of our trip, North Gate. The campsite was again lovely, close to the Khwai River and literally behind…
Days 5-6: Xakanaxa, Moremi Game Reserve
It was a relatively short journey from Third Bridge to Xakanaxa. On a few occasions we had the dilemma of which track to take, and as always you question if you took the best route. However, that not always such an issue when its such…