Silence
The Namib desert….. The contrast in deep changing colours – reds and russets that turned gold if seen from a different angle. Dunes that…
Justin Bell
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Rusty ruddy reds and searing space-sky blues
My family and I have just come back from a safari in Namibia. After years living next door to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti…
A giraffe smoking a pipe?
While game driving in Etosha national park, we saw a giraffe doing some rather strange neck movements, as if it were trying to reach…
Friendship and challenge to the top of Africa
When talking to people about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the first questions I am asked is if they are fit enough. In actual…
Nine days hiking Africa’s highest mountain
Why do people climb Africa’s highest mountain, the summit of which is at 19,340 feet / 5,895 metres asl (above mean sea level) and…
Cheetahs in the Serengeti
Regular readers of our blog might find that the sightings mentioned in my article “Slim, Sleek, Slender and Spotted Sprinter” of March 2008 are…
Fly camp and village football
I was with Peter and Carol Mathieson and their four kids Katie, Daniel, Michael and Jack, from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in the USA, and who…
Fly camping in the Selous
We had had an amazing safari, and it was increasingly hard to measure time while we were in the bush. So much had happened,…
The Silverback
The hike began on a misty morning passing through eucalyptus stands and rich loamy fields planted with blooming pyrethrum (a chrysanthemum flower, useful as…
Dave’s family travels to Arusha
The Wilderness Africa team was honoured to have Dave’s family visit us from Zimbabwe last week. Dave’s wife Carol and their two children Jordy…