Royal Livingstone Hotel - one night bed and breakfast On arrival into Livingstone you will be met and driven to the Royal Livingstone Hotel which is on the edge of the Zambezi River, just a ten minute walk from the Victoria Falls in Zambia. It is a five-star luxury hotel ... Read more
Drumbeat Autumn 2015 Inside this issue of Drumbeat Autumn 2015: Francis looks at what’s on offer in Tanzania which he describes as one of Africa’s most complete safari destinations. Lucinda tracks Zimbabwe’s return to the fold. In the start of a series of interviews with our sales team we talk to ... Read more
Four nights at this wonderful camp will allow you time immerse yourself in all on offer here. You can visit Iain Douglas-Hamilton’s Save the Elephants research centre, enjoy elephant watching and game drives, bush picnics and sundowners, manyatta (homestead) and school visits. If you’re feeling energetic you can hike up ... Read more
**Please note this rhino raffle has now been drawn** Congratulations to Guy Spurway who wins the five night luxury safari for two people in Botswana worth over £8,000. Thank you for everyone who has donated to Save the Rhino and the Rhino Translocation project. We have raised over £5,644.84 and ... Read more
Endangered Rhino At the beginning of the 20th century there were 500,000 rhinos across Africa and Asia. This fell to 70,000 by 1970, and further to just 29,000 in the wild today. Large-scale poaching of the now critically endangered rhino resulted in a dramatic decline from 65,000 black rhino individuals ... Read more
Taking my family on a Kenya safari This report popped into the Aardvark inbox recently and sums up so evocatively what a Kenya family safari is all about. We’ve reproduced a snippet in the current issue of our Drumbeat newsletter but here’s Ben Forbes’ full write up of his family's ... Read more
With the media currently full of travel ideas for school-leavers we started to wonder why it should be only students who take off on exotic trips around the world. If you’ve got itchy feet too, and Africa is on your to do list, then take a look at our fabulous ... Read more
Update: 2nd November: BBC’s ‘The Hunt’ documentary featured leopard and wild dog in the programme last night, so I've updated the blog to incorporate some more information. I’ve been travelling to Africa for the past 23 years and have always been fascinated by two particularly elusive predators; leopard and the African ... Read more
Africa never ceases to amaze me; just as I think I’ve seen it all I hear of another incredible wildlife experience and the planning for my next safari begins. Wildebeest migration The wildebeest migration is world famous, spawning countless newspaper articles and making photographers such as the Burrard-Lucas brothers into ... Read more
Meet the 16 best safari horses in Southern and Eastern Africa; from the brave, ‘rock’ Tsingtao who boxes at a charging elephant, to quirky camel jumping Fidelio, to internationally travelled racing star Bon Jovi, to Olympic eventers’ choice San, and the caring Rafiji who sensed her rider's epileptic fit. Tales of a safari ... Read more
