We love the conservancies bordering Kenya’s Masai Mara.  Visitors get all of the excitement of the greater Serengeti ecosystem with the privacy of a conservancy – fewer vehicles at sightings as well as the opportunity for walks and night drives.  … Continue reading →

We love getting off the beaten path, and there are few places further off the beaten path than Chada Katavi in Tanzania.  This massive park is teeming with wildlife and devoid of people, and safari specialist Kim from our office … Continue reading →

Our friends at Kenya’s Mara Plains Camp shared this amazing guest photo and short story with us and we couldn’t keep it to ourselves! A couple of weeks ago we mentioned a particularly amazing sighting witnessed by some guests while … Continue reading →

As we mentioned in earlier postings, we’ll be in southern Africa this December, and that includes three sublime days at Botswana’s Selinda Camp.  We’re excited as can be and are marking the time until we depart by reading game reports. … Continue reading →

We’ll be visiting South Africa’s Tanda Tula this December and we realize that while the odds of seeing a white lion while we are there are small, we’re crossing our fingers anyway.  Recent guests were lucky and spotted them!  Here’s … Continue reading →

We’re smack in the middle of Zambia’s high season in the South Luangwa valley, so our game reports will reflect some of the excitement that’s happening there.  This latest set of lovely photos and associated stories comes from our partners at … Continue reading →

This morning at 6:30am, as guests were leaving camp for their morning drive, their guide spotted three wild dogs passing within 200 meters of Kenya’s Mara Plains Camp, heading north through the Olare Orok Convervancy. Some of you may feel this … Continue reading →

Our friend Emily at Robin Pope Safaris in Zambia wanted to keep us in the loop now that things are in full swing for the season – here is their latest game report. Keep an eye out for new Zambia itineraries … Continue reading →

It’s not all wildebeest this time of year in Kenya’s Masai Mara (though there sure are a lot of them).  This many ungulates means it’s a traveling buffet for predators. This week it has been all about the river crossings … Continue reading →

Yesterday the Great Migration reached and began crossing the Talek river just half an hour south of Kenya’s Mara Plains Camp. Over the course of the day guests watched tens of thousands of wildebeest and pockets of zebra crossing the river … Continue reading →