A thick-knit sleeve pulled down to your fingertips as you wrap your hands around a radiating tin cup. Your nose is still numb as the wind finds its way to what little bare skin is left. Citronella and the indescribable smell of dust waft by you as the rising sun breaks through the chill. [...]
The gloves are coming off for the next spectacular televised installment of safariLIVE. The gauntlet has been set and no amount of protective armament is going to deflect the hard hitting action only the African wild can deliver. The challenge commences on Friday, 27 July. However, in order to bring you mother nature’s ultimate [...]
My absolute favourite animals in the entire animal kingdom (yes I do have a favourite) are the magnificent and exquisite manta rays. These angels of the ocean are the largest of all ray species, and from the moment I swam alongside my first manta ray, I fell completely head over heels in love. Never [...]
It has been another interesting week following the lives of the big cats in both the Sabi Sands and the Masai Mara. Tingana was seen almost every day this week. He managed to scavenge two wild dogs kills, the first of which did not go unnoticed by two displeased females. Upon arriving back at [...]
The only constant in life is change, or at least that’s what ‘they say’ and with all the new and exciting things happening in safariLIVE change is inevitable. As of Sunday 9 July our weekly character catch up show, safariLIVES, will be aired during the sunset safari. Why, you ask? The first hour of [...]
The safariLIVE Search and ID initiative has given the team a few hiccups over the past few days. Thelma the thermal drone doesn’t seem all that interested in communicating with her trusty steed Jigga or her French Gabonese drone pilot, Sebastien. As a result, Thelma is in need of a good talking to [...]
For reasons unknown, I am having a very hard time trying to figure out a subject for this blog, so I think I will keep things simple this time and write about something I know very well - myself. I want to write about how I made it here today as a marine biologist on diveLIVE; [...]
It was a bumper week stuffed full of cats and hyena in both the Mara and the Sabi Sands. Why this should have been the case this week more than any other is anyone’s guess. Biology and the wilderness are always about as predictable as a roulette table. At Djuma a brief visit from [...]
Searching through the darkness of the African night for creatures - both great and small - is no easy task. Each animal species has specific characteristics/adaptations that have been developed over millions of years of evolution to ensure their day-to-day survival. This makes the prospect of searching for the ultimate stealth predator or the [...]
