When profession rimes with passion…    Soham Mukherjee is a professional herpetologist who works closely with incredible (yet very unpredictable) animals: crocodiles, snakes and arachnids. While he is not based in Africa he still gets to handle African species, especially West African Dw...

In order to answer this question (if there is a way to address it…), it can be useful to define the two types of safaris available on the market: namely “holiday camps”, and genuine/customized safaris. “Holiday camps” are safaris where you embark on the “tourist...

AN EXTREMELY RARE incident between a warthog and a lion… I stumbled across this amazing podcast the other day and thought I just HAD to share it with you guys! It takes place in the Masai Mara and involves two well-known animals of the African bushveld: “Pumba” (the warthog), a...

Amazon Safari guides worth having a look… Most of the following is a list of items I personally possess, or ones that are highly appealing to the general public! For more info on each and every product, simply click on the links you fancy best! African Wildlife Larger Animals of East Afric...

Jambo rafiki! As you probably know, Twitter recently developed a new listing system where you can build your own twitter lists of profiles based on specific keywords/areas of life that interest you. Extremely useful if you want to categorize twitter profiles in an organized manner! A couple of mo...

Conservationists concerned with inconsistent sentencing of poachers!        Zimbabwe – This month, Tichaona Mutyairi, a Zimbabwe rhino poacher with the infamous Mazhongwe gang, was sentenced to 17 years in jail after being captured during an exchange of gunfire with the police in Octob...

Guest Post by Richard Laburn! To become a Game Ranger means choosing lifestyle and passion over anything else. It means being able to understand and interpret the wilderness around you and it means sharing the wisdom and emotion that the bush imparts. Despite all of the theory and legal requirements...

Jambo rafiki! More often than none, I’ve seen people getting mixed up between crocodiles and alligators. While they both belong to the Crocodilia order, they are members of two quite separate taxonomic families. Besides, alligators DO NOT live in Africa!     The following highlights t...

Interesting facts about some of Africa’s most dangerous and most venomous snakes! Black Mamba The Black Mamba  (Dendroaspis polylepis) is Africa’s largest venomous snake, reaching an average 2.5 m in length (8 feet). The biggest ones however, can get as long as 4.5 m (14 feet)! ...

It’s true, not all of us are morning people, but if it’s the Big 5 you’re after you’ll need to be up and at ’em in the early hours. Then again duvet days aren’t quite as enticing when you’re anticipating a thrilling African safari and there is always something new on the horizon...