We all fear that having booked a wonderful holiday we will end up spending it in the rain. Now, I will not pretend otherwise, it does rain in Africa, often not as much as the Continent needs, but like everywhere ...
The movie Out of Africa, with its haunting music score, has been enjoyed by many and watched time and time again. I grew up on a farm in Africa so it has always been extremely evocative for me.I recently stayed ...
Every four years our planet celebrates a leap year. This extra day, the 29th February, was introduced by Julius Caesar over 2000 years ago and is very important as it allows us to readjust our calendars. It actually takes Earth ...
By Claire Roadley A group of 11 operators recently visited Zimbabwe’s famous Hwange National Park as well as Botswana’s iconic Okavango Delta – hosted by Machaba Safari’s UK office, Ethos Marketing. The group of African specialists enjoyed a delicious brunch ...
I’m off on a first for me – my first trip to Botswana and Zimbabwe. Now I am travelling with Alison who as you all know has vast amounts of knowledge on all things African. As such I am in ...
When planning an educational, one of the challenges we usually face is transfer costs, so when I heard about the Madaraka Express in Kenya I was really excited. This new train, which currently operates between Nairobi and Mombasa, stops half-way, ...
By Claire Roadley I have stayed in many game reserves, having grown up in South Africa – from staying in caravans and Parks Board style rondavels to the very best in 5 star luxury lodges. I even worked for ...
An article in the inflight magazine spoke of the decline in the number of lions in Africa, a reduction of over 40% in the last 20 years alone. In the 1940’s lion numbers were estimated at about 450,000 – todays ...
I was lucky enough to find myself heading up to Garonga in September. It had been (far too many) years since my last visit – which was before the addition of sister camp, Little Garonga – so I was very ...
It had been a few years since my last visit to Northern Tanzania, an area on many people’s bucket list, and an area with names that evoke all sorts of emotions. My memories of my first visit to Tanzania, about 20 years ago, are still with me – particularly the cheetah sighting in the tall grass of the Serengeti, when the cubs got told off by their Mum, because she lost the Tommy she had just caught for their dinner, as they were otherwise occupied with some rough and tumble.