To hunt, or not to hunt? That is the question (and a very tough one indeed…)!  The issue is extremely controversial, and can be associated with another concern: is hunting good, or bad? If you take the two extremes of the spectrum, animal rights activists (“anti-hunters”) will t...

Ancient Beliefs In Ancient Egypt dung beetles, or scarabs, were worshiped. Egyptians believed that the scarab was a god that rolled the sun across the sky and buried it each evening. The sun emerged the next morning born anew. Dung Beetle Facts Insects part of the Scarabaeoidea family. Feed p...

African Hawk-Eagle Aquila fasciatus White unspotted thighs. In flight the underwing is primarily white, and the upperwing is dark brown with characteristic white panels at the base of the primaries. Female larger than male and more heavily streaked in front. Juvenile has the underwing coverts an...

Fabulous video that illustrates the real benefits of intriguing conservation measures!       Won’t say a word, just watch it! Enjoy!        Broadcaster: NationalGeographic              Problematic Rapid decline of big cats in Africa. Only 50 000 leopards left, 20 00...

A list of facebook fan pages related to the African safari and wildlife industries! If you feel like your fan page deserves to be added to the list, make sure you include it in the comments section! Thanks! 2AFRIKA 2AFRIKA, INC. is one of the world’s premier African destination management c...

Jambo rafiki! Just got an incredible email the other day from Uwe Skrzypczak, a professional wildlife photographer currently spending some time in the Serengeti National Park! I am so excited to share with you what he’s experienced lately. Here’s what he has to say: On Friday, we ha...

Since it would be impossible to recall them all, I decided to list some of the ones I’ll cherish forever:     - First animal ever encountered in the wild: Black rhinoceros, Nairobi National Park (not bad for a first, don’t you think?)! It crossed the road right beneath our eyes!     Rhi...

If you missed out on last night’s “twitterview” (interview on Twitter), I thought I’d share with you the transcript. All in all we had a lot of fun, and the feedback we got from it was quite interesting! A huge thank you to Melvin Boecher for inviting me on his #Q&A sess...

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 D...

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 “touris...