23 articles tagged with luxury safari
There's something magical about watching your child's eyes widen as they spot their first giraffe in the wild—not through a screen or behind zoo barriers, but freely roaming its natural habitat. That moment happened for me last month when I...
The humid air hits you differently in Gabon. It's not just the moisture that clings to your skin, but the weight of anticipation—knowing you're at the threshold of one of Africa's last true wildernesses. After decades traversing the globe covering...
I never imagined that my career as a precision machinist would lead me to tracking endangered mountain gorillas through the misty bamboo forests of Rwanda, but life takes unexpected turns. After decades of inspecting industrial equipment across continents, I've developed...
The sun was just beginning to dip below the horizon, painting the savanna in shades of amber and gold that mirrored my own wide eyes, when I found myself mere feet away from a white rhino and her calf. There's...
The boundary between Botswana and Zambia isn't merely a line on a map – it's a living, flowing entity called the Chobe River. Last summer, I found myself drawn back to this liquid lifeline of southern Africa, this time with...
There exists a profound healing energy in Africa's untamed landscapes that resonates deep within the human spirit. Having spent decades studying therapeutic environments across the globe, I've found few places that offer the soul-stirring power of East and Southern Africa's...
When I first landed in Nairobi three summers ago, I couldn't have imagined how this bustling African capital would capture my heart. After thirty years behind the wheel of buses—first in the winding roads of Yorkshire and later in the...
The early morning light spills across the floodplains of the Okavango Delta as our small aircraft lifts off from Maun's dusty airstrip. Below us, a tapestry of waterways glistens like veins of liquid gold against the parched landscape. This moment...