Today was the day we had to leave Buffalo Camp and cross the North Luangwa National Park to our designated […]
Archive for August 2018
Walking on the wild side
I’m sitting by a campfire under the stars with a moon on the horizon glowing red from the African dust. […]
North Luangwa
The hippo maintained their intermittent symphony last night. I know I keep going on about them but they are a […]
Kanunshya
When sixty hippos decide to all bellow at once you can almost feel the ground shaking. It’s a low frequency […]
North to Kanunshya
It’s half past seven and under a full moon I’m watching a hippo wade up the river in front of […]
Kalovia
Another 5.30 start today and we were joined by Rob from Botswana. He’d been unwell the day before having caught […]
Leopard
Blimey those hippos can be noisy beasts. They came up to graze outside our tent in the night stomping about […]
The Great East Road
When we told Brett at Mvuu we were heading for Bridge Camp he said “I’d be amazed if the owner’s […]
Of crocs and crossings…
Brett was fairly clear that we needed an early start today. “We’ll probably leave around 9.30” suggested Philippa. “I’d prefer […]
More Mvuu
I slept deeply last night, waking at one point to hear a hippo grazing somewhere close. I could hear its […]
The Magic Bus 