What is there to be said upon one’s return from a trip to Botswana? That it was fun? Definitely. That it was educational? For sure, especially when visiting as many …
Duba Explorers Duba Plains Camp Botswana
Photo – Great Plains Conservation Great Plains’ Duba Explorers Camp is located in the northern part of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. After a 45 minute flight from Maun, the …
Camp Okavango Botswana
Photo: Desert & Delta Safaris Camp Okavango is in the heart of the permanent part of the Delta. In this idyllic setting there are no vehicles, and it is just …
Savute Safari Lodge Botswana
Photo: Desert & Delta Safaris If you were to look at a time-lapse photography sequence taken from Savute Safari Lodge between 2008 and the present, the one thing that will …
Chobe Game Lodge Botswana
Photo: Desert & Delta Safaris I’ve always been a Chobe Game Lodge ‘fan’ and my most recent experience there just underscored the many positives of staying there. It is the …
On becoming a citizen of the USA
Together with 1,995 other smiling persons of 114 different nationalities I became a US citizen, one Friday in July, now 13 years ago, here in Houston. Close enough to Independence …
Why Zimbabwe should be on your Africa shortlist
I first visited Zimbabwe – when I was a senior in college – to attend a tiger fishing tournament at Charara, on Lake Kariba in 1974. At the time Zimbabwe …
Our Groundhog Day List Part 3 Mombo Camp Chief’s Island
Mombo Wilderness Safaris When I think of Mombo, I think of leopards and cheetahs on game drives, Cape buffaloes under the boardwalk and elephants wandering through camp. I think of …
Our Groundhog Day List Part 2 Mala Mala and Royal Malewane
Photo MalaMala The Greater Kruger Park area in South Africa’s north-eastern region is one of the top safari destinations in Africa. It attracts thousands of visitors annually, mostly from South …
Our Groundhog Day Properties
For the first installment in what may end up being a 3-part series, covering our top ten or so ‘Groundhog Day’ properties, I thought I’d include a full service hotel …
