Toast the Blue Moon on New Years Eve 2009
Peter and Alice Redfield’s return to Tanzania after more than twenty years away, with their children, and their grand children, was quite a safari….
Serengeti
Can we have some rain?
Tanzania was a dust bowl just before our safari started …
A Lighter Shade of Pale.
Zebra are well known and very distinctive because of their bold black and white striped markings. Every individual has a unique stripe pattern, like…
The Miracle of Birth
Many guests on safari have had their expectations of what they want to see on safari influenced by what they see on TV’s National…
Super Predator Interactions
In February while on safari with Bill Perkins and Evelyn Sandground, we had exceptional predator sightings… On our descent into Ngorongoro Crater, I decided…
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…
Mara River Crossing
We departed camp early and were almost immediately greeted by a herd of more than a thousand wildebeest. Lines of more wildebeest rolled in,…
Slim, Sleek, Slender and Spotted Sprinter
Safari guides Dave, Ole Kirimbai and I have just come back from another wonderful safari in the Serengeti with some great folks from western…
An unusual hyaenid
While driving in the late afternoon from a camp just inside the woodland on the edge of the Serengeti Plains to a fly camp…
Leading up to New Year’s Eve
When I look back on it we saw an astounding amount of wildlife, and had lots of fun.
A morning game drive
We were staying in the last camp of our safari, Suyan, situated at this time of year in the far north-east of the Serengeti,…
The Crossing
What is it with wildebeest? They must be one of the most ugly antelope out there, but they are such characters. They have such…