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The Great Serengeti Migration may be off to a record early start, according to an an article published on Telegraph.co.uk on March 20th. Last week, hundreds of thousands of wildebeest started pouring into areas of the central Seregenti in Tanzania three months earlier than usual, “astounding safari experts” and delighting suprised visitors.
The life of a male lion is seldom easy. At around the age of two or three, if he is lucky enough to survive that long, he is kicked out of his maternal pride and becomes a nomad.
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You are lucky, to say the least, if you happen to catch a brief glimpse of a pangolin while on safari. Even professional safari guides often lament the fact that they’ve never stumbled upon one of these extremely rare and elusive nocturnal creatures.
Drastic times calls for drastic measures, as the old adage goes. And these are certainly drastic times for South Africa’s rhinos. The country, which is home to 80% of the world’s remaining rhinos, has been in the grips of a raging poaching epidemic since 2007.
Many safari-goers find themselves in Nairobi for a day or two before or after their adventure. Though there is plenty to see and do in East Africa’s largest and most cosmopolitan city, its sheer size and feverish energy can be a little intimidating at first.
My friend Dr. Amanda Stronza recently took this fantastic image of a Carmine bee eater in action and was kind enough to share the story behind it with us: “We found this bright, beautiful Carmine bee eater one early afternoon in January, in northern Namibia’s Bwabwatu National Park, near the border with Botswana.
Wildlife documentarians Bob and Gina Pool will be staying at Kenya’s Naboisho Camp for three months, beginning in early February, and you’re invited to join them. They will be following a family of elephants for a film for National Geographic WILD.
You may have already seen this video of a lion in South Africa casually opening a car door, much to the surprise and horror of the family inside. It has racked up millions of Youtube views in the last couple of weeks.
Leopards are notoriously opportunistic feeders, a trait that has made them the most successful big cat species in the world. In fact, in South Africa’s Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve they have been recorded eating a total of 92 different types of prey.
As you might imagine, few places can rival Botswana’s Kalahari Desert when it comes to spectacular stargazing. Because there is almost no light pollution in this sparsely inhabited corner of the globe, the adjective star-studded doesn’t begin to do these skies justice.
Christian Ghammachi wasn’t the first person to embark upon an epic motorcycle trip across Africa. But he may have been the first to bring a drone along to capture aerial footage of his adventure.
