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Through the Lens: 2020 in Review
This year is racing, rushing and tumbling into its final weeks. November passed by in a blur of Sukey's school (which re-opened but was run from our homes to keep COVID bubbles small), preparing Tribal Textiles to move to its new site and following the news of COVID vaccines that might indicate better prospects for the world in 2021 -- not to mention the travel industry! The announcement of widespread vaccine roll-outs is the crack of [...]
Life in the Bush: South Luangwa 29 October – 12 November 2020
The Luangwa received its first rains of the season yesterday....but it was little more than a shower. It's left us hot, sticky and longing for more! But the small amount has cleared the skies, settled the dust and left us with clear light and beautiful views. Trees and hills, which seemed so distant through the haze, appear closer and more detailed. Since returning from North Park and Mutinondo, I have been busy with end-of-season closing at [...]
Life in the Bush: North Luangwa and Mutinondo 14 – 28 October 2020
As before, and with each of these updates, I send my best wishes to you and hope that you are well. To those in Northern European nations which are entering lock-down once more, I wish you all the best with the coming months. Zambia is beginning mass testing for COVID-19 and we wait, anxiously, to discover whether the virus is widespread or, as it appears, that this nation has somehow avoided the worst of the global [...]
Life in the Bush: Kafue National Park 7 – 13 October 2020
While international travel to Zambia is open, many people's personal situations, their home nations' restrictions and the risks of travelling across the globe have continued to depress tourist numbers to Zambia. I have researched the option of running a couple of photo safaris towards the end of this year, but the risks of trying to co-ordinate group travel in a highly unpredictable world has encouraged me to err on the side of caution and look ahead [...]
Life in the Bush: South Luangwa 16 September – 4 October 2020
As always, this monthly update from Zambia comes with the sincere wish that you and your families are well and weathering the storm of COVID with social isolation and the impending fear of a second "lock-down". As always, the discussion continues about why COVID appears to have hit some countries harder than others. Zambia continues to record very low numbers of cases and relatively few deaths. Of course, under-developed measurement, testing and recording could be responsible [...]
Conservation: Help CSL to protect the Luangwa Valley, and support Rangers across Africa
Conservation and Tourism go hand in hand; conservation efforts protect the wildlife and natural places that tourists wish to visit...and tourism provides the justification and funding for conserving wild areas. But COVID which has entirely frozen the tourism and travel industry, has heaped massive challenges on the shoulders of conservation everywhere. Conservation organisations have, against the odds, maintained their presence in our planet's special wild places. None more so than Conservation South Luangwa, an organisation of [...]
Life in the Bush: South Luangwa 20 August – 15 September 2020
It's been a while since I wrote an update from Zambia. Apologies for my silence. In part this is due to being busy with photoshoots (for local companies and NGOs), in part due to a wonderful walking expedition that I joined (follow my Instagram from more on this) and in part due to the pressures that we are all feeling from this very challenging year. Supporting my family and getting through this upside-down year, with all [...]
Life in the Bush: South Luangwa 5 – 19 August 2020
Greetings from Zambia, where the weather gods have certainly decided that winter has come to an end! Temperatures by day are creeping into the high 30s and night-times are warmer, requiring a blanket only in the early hours of the morning. It seems ridiculous to grumble about the weather in a year when the world's status quo has dissolved, but it really feels like we didn't have a winter in Zambia this year and hot season [...]
Wildlife: North Luangwa 22 July – 4 August 2020
Greetings from the Luangwa Valley. As always, this blog comes with my best wishes and the sincere hope that you and your families are well. From here, I watch the world news with my guests in mind as countries open up more, or conversely re-enter lock downs. We think of you often. Apologies for missing my weekly update last week. I was away in the North Luangwa National Park for 10 days with little connection, so [...]
Wildlife: South Luangwa 15 – 21 July 2020
A busy week has allowed for less time in my usual areas of the South Luangwa. I did spent a couple of mornings on safari (sightings to follow at the end of this blog) but before that, I had a number of photoshoot assignments and an interesting trip to the interior of the National Park to explore a lesser-visited wetlands in the headwaters of the Mwamba and Chikaya streams. My visit to Frank's Lakes is best [...]
Wildlife: South Luangwa 8 – 14 July 2020
Incredibly, another week has passed us by and I find myself writing my weekly virtual safari update... As always, this comes to you with my best wishes and hope that you and yours are well physically and mentally during this most challenging time. Zambia is starting to notice increased numbers of people in hospitals, more deceased arriving at medical centres and worrying numbers with breathing and respiratory problems. It has taken a while, but it seems [...]
Wildlife: South Luangwa 1 – 7 July 2020
It's hard to believe that we are now in July. Time is a very odd thing; on the one hand, time has passed slowly and 2020 seems already to have lasted a lifetime, but equally half the year has gone by and I'm not sure where it went! It is strange in the Luangwa as the absence of safari activity makes it appear that we are still "pre-season" whereas we're actually in the peak months now. [...]
EDWARD SELFE
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