In September 2018, we started to see crowned eagles around the entrance to the national park on a regular basis. Sightings had always been recorded in SLNP but occasional at best. To some extent, large eagles such as this are always a rarity as they [...]
It's no secret that the floodplains of Mana Pools National Park offer some of the most immersive wildlife safari anywhere in Africa. The density of game is incredible - though equal to other amazing areas - but the ability to walk among the big game [...]
Zambia's experience of COVID continues; cases are increasing slowly and active cases rise only very gradually as many are recovering well. 11 deaths have been recorded so far. Of course there is much speculation about whether the lack of testing is revealing only a fraction [...]
Winter is really setting in here in Zambia. Temperatures are falling to 12 or 13 degrees celsius overnight and morning safaris in open-topped vehicles are very cold! But the warm, sunny days are a blissful relief from the hot, sticky days of March and April. [...]
It's hard to imagine that anything could knock COVID-19 off the top of the news headlines. Last week, however, awful news from Minneapolis achieved this, for all the wrong reasons. The death of George Floyd, apparently at the hands of State Police, seems all the [...]
It is a huge relief to see great progress being made in many countries to curb the COVID-19 crisis. Many European nations are starting to re-open their economies and return to something that resembles the life that we enjoyed before COVID-19. Of course, we all [...]
With so much game so easily accessible in the Luangwa Valley, where I have spent many years as a guide, I prepared myself to be slightly disappointed in the Kafue, expecting that it would feel rather empty by comparison. It is known for many things; [...]
While I was in the UK in January, I searched the online camera retailers' second-hand listings for Canon's EF 200-400mm f4 IS USM + 1.4 TC lens. I was very pleased to find one at a good price, with all its original packaging and in [...]
The world's COVID experiences are changing on an almost daily basis; while Australia and New Zealand emerge from lockdown with an incredible record of virus containment and Europe starts to see the end of its awful peaks of deaths, Zambia's cases increase at an erratic [...]
The Lower Zambezi National Park is justifiably regarded as one of Southern Africa's finest reserves. With superb scenery, excellent camps - ranging from wild & immersive to luxurious & grand - and the mighty Zambezi running through, there is much to love about this special [...]
