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Two weeks of adventure and exploration await me, along with a large group of eager students. This should be a wonderful opportunity to discuss this land and its many secrets of survival.
Both plants and animals have learnt to adapt to this very old landscape. 100 million years ago the genus Ficus (fig tree) began a [...]

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 [...]

A place of Myths and Legend, its clouded cliffs and deep gorges hold many stories of battles and victories, of secret hiding places and mystic paintings. This is the Drakensberg, land of the Dragon, as the Voortrekkers called it – possibly due to the frequent fires caused by lightning which leave the mountain top smoldering [...]

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 — [...]

Growing up in Cape Town, I had the good fortune as a kid to immerse myself in the wonders of the smells and uniqueness of one of the most interesting of plant kingdoms, the Cape Floristic Kingdom. Making up just 0.04%  of the world’s plant kingdom’s, it is the smallest (occuring in just one country), [...]

Everything was fine…we had been travelling about 3 hours in our vehicle, and had stopped to view a herd of elephant. After about 15 minutes we thought it time to move on, and started the engine. Nothing!
The driver tried again, still nothing. The battery seemed to have died, or perhaps the alternator decided now was [...]

Getting up close and personal with the African Bush: this is the bush walk and it offers excitement, uncertainty and adventure. No two walks are ever the same because nature constantly moves and changes.
And I guess this is what appeals to many people who opt for a walk whilst on Safari. That unknowing trundle through [...]

The vast plains of the arid Northern Cape come to life in August and September giving a show of colour that needs to be experienced to fully appreciate it’s magnificence.
This remote part of South Africa that lies in the north western region is known as Namaqualand, a place named after the people who once lived [...]

Here’s the part where I tell you that after trekking Mt Kili, I jumped back in my Landy and continued off on some wild escapade into the African wilds. Well, I’m not going to, because I never did that.
But many adventure travellers do. And it really is a wonderful experience if you are prepared for [...]

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 [...]