Mud, mud, glorious mud Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood So follow me follow, down to the hollow And there let me wallow in glorious mud” When Flanders and Swann wrote this in 1939 Â they were picturing hippos but I think they would agree that it is just as suited to this happy […]
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We set off in a state of huge excitement from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to see in the New Year at a newly opened camp on Rubondo Island in the south west corner of Lake Victoria, Tanzania. This was a first visit for all of us and we had high expectations with a […]
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Our first night was spent at  The Olive Exclusive  a small boutique hotel in Windhoek.  The hotel is very stylish with great artwork all show casing Namibia’s natural attractions. Each room is different and there are three junior suites and four premier suites, the premier suites each have a private deck and plunge pool.  This […]
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Its always magical when the wildflowers appear after the rain. The landscape is a riot of colour and interesting shapes. Insects buzz about happily and the air is scented with perfume.
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Most days on safari start at dawn. You wake to  the gently splish splosh of hot water being poured into the canvas bucket outside you tent and a quiet “hodi” as a tray of hot coffee and freshly baked cookies are placed on your veranda. As you head out to explore,  the sun creeps lazily […]
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On a safari in Zambia recently, Ninian and our guests watched a pride of lionesses hunting buffalo. With dust billowing and the air filled with the sound of pounding hooves, the lionesses  drove the buffalo towards the car. and with immaculate team work brought it down only afew feet away.
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Tsavo is one of the oldest parks in Kenya and one of the largest in the world!  The east of the park is a vast wilderness of arid bush, broken by the glimmering copper of the Galana River with its lush green banks. Black lava flows reach fingerlike off the Yatta plateau. Cooling swamps, Mzima Springs […]
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