I look back on my most recent safari with a lively group of Canadians, who could be excused for confusing “caribou” with “karibu” (Swahili for “welcome”), and loved being out in the open Plains, in tents, in Land-Cruisers – all of it!
I reflect on the memories that come to mind and what made our safari [...]

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Safari guides Dave, Ole Kirimbai and I have just come back from another wonderful safari in the Serengeti with some great folks from western Canada. Although it was the “green season” it hadn’t rained for a while so, while a lot of the game was out on the Plains or in the surrounding woodland, it [...]

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A few weeks ago I left for Ngorongoro Crater with my family, my sister and her three boys. We spent the morning enjoying the wildlife and scenery in the Crater, and then met up with my sister-in-law and her two boys and continued northwards to another lesser-known caldera on the edge of the Great [...]

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