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Of the numerous mutualistic relationships found in Africa’s wild places, the honeyguide bird has surely got to be one of the more recognised ones. Many stories abound in folktales about considering this birds guidance to places of honey. Misfortune would surely follow the one who did not leave a piece of honey comb or honey [...]

All around is quiet, except for the occasional call of a night bird or distant lion. The stars are bright and the moon is half full. A faint warm breeze touches your face as you stare into the glowing embers of a camp fire. You feel at peace in this place. Sounds like something out [...]

Nothing in the Kalahari goes unnoticed, least of all by its inhabitants. And as the young Camelthorn tree  (Acacia erioloba) begins to make headway, filling out its branches and trunk, all manner of creature decends upon its vicinity, eager to take up a piece of its prized real estate. Out here the Camelthorn tree could [...]

In a land far removed from our ideas of being in Africa on a safari, is a place that lies quietly hidden in the extreme western half of southern Africa. This is a land of dry mountains and rocky plains, with no tar roads or well maintained gravel tracks. It is a place for the [...]

If ever there was a unique region of biodiversity and endemism, the Succulent Karoo would surely have to rank as one of the top destinations. Stretching from southern Namibia into South Africa’s western half, this area hosts an abundance of plants and even animals found nowhere else. Consequently, this region boasts the richest succulent plant [...]

There is a certain kind of appeal in choosing to visit this most remarkable landscape. Forged over 55 million years ago, it is one of the driest and oldest deserts in the world. The silence of this place can rather paradoxically, be quite deafening. But this is exactly what travellers to this land seek — [...]

Among the oldest known living ancestors of present day humanity, the San or Khoi people have a history rich in living close to the land.
Like many other indigenous groups, the San or Khoi lived as hunter gatherers, never staying too long in one place. Upwardly mobile and always alert, these people have learnt a co-existence [...]

Not much can compare to a late afternoon thunderstorm in the bush… you can feel the atmosphere changing and this is noticed in the animals too. Life seems to grind to a halt when the clouds move over.
Suddenly the heavens open and the the thunder god arrives in all his might – his spears piercing [...]

Adrenaline action of a high calibre, mixed with a sense of achievement and renewal.
I took this photo during an operation to capture a young desert black rhino for relocation to another reserve in South Africa. Just above the rhino you can see the helicopter. The vet had just darted the rhino and we were deployed [...]

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