The animals here are still suffering from decades of poaching, we were told repeatedly. So many endangered species are still being replenished. Our wildlife are still fearful of humans and tend to hide more than in Tanzania and Kenya, it …
Category: Africa
Chimps Ahoy: In Search of a Brother in Arms… by Fyllis Hockman
The endangered white rhino. The elusive silverback mountain gorilla. The rare tree-climbing lion. Hippos, elephants, crocodiles. The massive shoebill? Yup, him, too. These are just a few of the multitude of wildlife we cavorted with during our ElderTreks’s safari and …
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Gabon: the Most Bio-Diverse Country In Africa by Hank Lowenstein
Gabon is arguably the most bio-diverse country in all of Africa. Just above the equator on the Atlantic Ocean, Gabon is the size of New Jersey, with a population of just over 3 million people. Since it was a French …
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Kenya Wildlife by Hank Lowenstein
Our trip started in New York on the next to last day of September. Thirteen hours to Dubai with a three hour layover and then five hours to Nairobi where we were met by private charter and flown to Siriko1, …
From the Kalahari to Okavango by Larry and Gail Taylor
That morning in Botswana played out as if it was a tightly-edited film sequence. Our group of five was in a Range Rover on a rough dirt road. Our guides, Dix and Simon, from Mapula Camp, were out on the …
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Namibia – Where Wild Women Meet Wildlife (Part II) by Fyllis Hockman
I told myself ahead of time I would not stare. Even though the bare breasts hung low and large, my eyes instead went to the large, intricate metal jewelry adorning their necks, wrists and ankles. I was believed that what …
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Namibia — Part 1: Where Arid Desert Meets Frigid Sea by Fyllis Hockman
They say it’s hard to walk in another’s footsteps, but those were exactly the instructions we received when trekking along the ridge of an approximately 350-foot-high sand dune in Namibia. The old mountain-climbing adage applies here, as well: “The slower …
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Lone Visitors In A Maasai Village by Bonnie and Bill Neely
This Conservation Area of Tanzania is designated multiple use, for wildlife, Maasai people, and their herds of goats, sheep, and cattle. We saw many little villages of stick huts along the way and children herding the animals, dressed in colorful …
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Don’t Go To Tanzania For Safari Only
Abdul Meena, our host and owner of AbrojaleyAfricaAjabu Tour Company, met us as we arrived in Arusha, Tanzania, after our amazingly wonderful week of safari, seeing all the amazing animals and several National Parks. (Please see our previous articles each …
Ngorongoro Crater by Bonnie and Bill Neely
At Simba Public Campsite in Ngorongoro Crater we were staying in a tent and bush pigs sniff around looking for food at night and can eat through the tent to get anything that they smell. We had to place all …