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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.
There is a lot of really bad conservation news coming out of Africa these days. Most notably, surging demand for illegal wildlife products in Asian markets has created a devastating rhino and elephant poaching crisis across the continent.
One of the magical things about being on safari is that you can pretty much expect the unexpected to happen at any time. But few unexpected wildlife sightings can rival what Nick Kleer, a guide at South Africa’s Londolozi Pioneer Camp, saw on January 29th of this year.
The editors at Rough Guides recently shared their picks for the top travel destinations of 2015 and Johannesburg has claimed the number one spot in the top cities category.
Costa Rica is literally rich. In wildlife. This tiny country has built up an incredible reputation as a sustainable destination founded on the idea that its natural resources are to be valued in theory and practice. By protecting these resources, Costa Rica’s people have also benefited.
Exploring one of the planet’s most unique–and imperiled–biodiversity hotspots with Nat Hab and WWF. Mandehandeha mahita raha. Those who travel see much. I was raised on stories of the geat red island. In the 1960s, my mother moved to Madagascar, and in 1972 my parents met in the city of the thousand–Antananarivo.
