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; [...]
Wow, it hasn’t even been a week, yet I feel so at home. I’m Jenna Coyle and I’m the new kid on the block. I was born and raised in Cape Town, making its vast coastlines and icy oceans my home. I’ve always had an unwavering passion for our natural environment and for all those [...]
I was not taught about picking up after myself at school, my mother did that; and I thought it was universal. It stayed with me all the way through childhood. In fact, I think it was the first element of taking care of myself and my surroundings that I learned and took to heart. That [...]
I was not born to swim - indeed my skill in the water thus far can be likened to that of driftwood i.e. able to float but poor at moving in one direction with any efficacy. So it was with some trepidation that I learned from the Madman for whom I work that I [...]
It is a picturesque journey. For about 10 kilometers after you turn off the main highway and start descending into the Rift Valley, you are treated to one of the most magnificent views in the world. It is also a harrowing road that dangles precariously on the edge of an escarpment, with equally scary oncoming [...]
Steve was born and raised in the concrete jungle of Johannesburg. He didn’t have the opportunity to spend much time in nature, but his mother’s stories of her childhood outside the Kruger created an attachment to the place. On top of that the compulsory career aptitude test he took in school suggested that [...]
Ralph grew up in Henley-on Klip, a village outside of Johannesburg, and spent his childhood holidays in nature: camping, fishing and boating. His father, who fostered this love of the outdoors, didn’t exactly expect this to become Ralph’s career path. But Ralph always knew that this was where his future lay. Thus, he went [...]
Noelle may have begun her life in the Northeast of the United States, but she has always lived her life in the out-of-doors. She spent her childhood playing outside, exploring the fields around her house and going on hikes. These early experiences shaped the way Noelle interacts with the world to this day: “If [...]
Can you BELIEVE it? That’s right safarians, the one and only Scott Dyson will be returning to WildEarth and of course safariLIVE! (Scott Dyson, safari guide) After taking a 15 month hiatus from safariLIVE he is fired up and excited to return to the live safari experience in the Maasai Mara! Over the [...]
Tristan Dicks is the latest bushveld expert to join the safariLIVE team. Born and raised in the big city of Johannesburg South Africa, a love of the bush was instilled in him early on. His grandparents were avid bush lovers and whenever the opportunity presented itself, they would whisk a young Tristan away to the [...]
