Four Nights at Kruger Untamed
People often ask me for advice about where to go on holiday in or around the Kruger National Park. I'm always unsure how to answer because the options are endless. But I usually present [...]
Lion Sightings in the Lap of Luxury at Thanda Safari
A couple of weeks ago, I complained to a friend that I never have good big cat sightings when I go on safari. (I know it's an absurd thing to complain about. But I'm [...]
Mhondoro: Ultimate Luxury in the South African Bush
I have safaried in every possible fashion during my years in Africa. I've done low-budget camping trips, high-end tented camps, mid-range SANPark self-drives, river safaris, and walking safaris. You name it, I've probably done [...]
Cheetahs on the Hunt in Welgevonden Game Reserve
Over the recent long weekend I spent two days at Mhondoro Safari Lodge in the Welgevonden Game Reserve, which is in the Waterberg region of Limpopo. This trip amazed me in several ways, the [...]
Kruger, Top to Bottom: Secret Places and Random Tips
Before my recent trip, I hadn't fully grasped how large the Kruger National Park is. The park is 19,500 square kilometers (7,523 square miles), spread over a pipe-shaped area 360 kilometers (220 miles) long and [...]
Three Incredible Moments in the Kruger
I've just come back from a week with Ray and his family in the Kruger National Park. I'm not sure where to begin writing about it. This was an extraordinary trip. Sunrise in the Kruger. [...]
Five Cheetahs and an Aardvark
We tiptoed along as the sun lowered behind us. The wind howled. Tendai pointed ahead and we could just make out the body of a large animal with three small, spotted heads bobbing around [...]
Pafuri: A Beautiful Place With an Ugly History, Turned Beautiful Again
Once upon a time, the Makuleke people lived on a triangle-shaped piece of land, bordered by two rivers, at the intersection of three countries. The land was beautiful and fertile, with a huge diversity of [...]
The Land of Elephants and Baobabs
The Pafuri Triangle -- a piece of wilderness in the very northern corner of South Africa's Kruger National Park -- is a land of giants. The trees are huge. The animals are huge. The [...]
Kruger at Ground Level, Part 1: Animal
A big thank you to travelgurus.co.za and Wilderness Adventures for making this blog post possible. Last weekend I visited Kruger National Park, the largest park in South Africa. This wasn’t just any old Kruger safari, either. I went [...]
Elephant-Watching Through the Rearview Mirror
It was a beautiful afternoon in Pilanesberg, a game reserve two hours from Joburg. Joe, my mother, and I, along with our safari guide, Chris Green, were driving slowly behind a large bull elephant. [...]