Wanderlust Travel magazine has listed its top 10 worldwide wildlife experiences, with four of these wildlife experiences in Africa!    

• Walk amongst lions and scan the trees for leopards in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. This is the home of the walking safari, and some of the continent's best safari guides - head out on foot for an unmatchable African bush experience.

• Gaze into the eyes of a gorilla in the rainforest of Uganda or Rwanda - and feel humble as the great apes stare back. You need a special permit and you are only allowed to spend an hour in their presence, but it is an hour you will never forget.

• Paddle a traditional dugout canoe past browsing elephants in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.  

• Watch wildebeest cross the Mara River during their great migration from the Serengeti in Tanzania, through to the Masai Mara, in Kenya. The herds move year round, but the best months for the dramatic Mara River dash - when the ungulates run the gauntlet of hungry crocs and waiting lions - are August to November.

Mokoro Ride - Okavango Delta, Botswana

Due to a late cancellation, we have 3 places left on our 2011 15-day Botswana Wildlife Safari - July 17 to 31.  If you are keen for a winter getaway - contact us now!!

Game-viewing, Moremi Game Reserve

If you are thinking 2012 is your year for the adventure of a lifetime, you need to act now. We will be running our 3 popular guided African Safari again in 2012, with exact dates to be confirmed. 

• 20-day Namibia Culture and Wildlife - July 2012
• 15-day Botswana Wildlife Safari - July 2012 
• 21-day Kenya and Tanzania Wildlife Safari + optional Uganda Gorilla Trek extension - August 2012

  Email us or call us on 0800 528 101 and register your interest.  

Elephants at waterhole, Etosha National Park

Photo Draw Winner

Namaqua Chameleon, Namib-Naukluft Desert

Thank you to all those who entered our April photo draw.

CONGRATULATIONS to Erena Hodgkinson.  She has won an A3 print of a Namaqua Chameleon, photographed in the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia.

Click here to enter our May photo draw.

Monthly Desktop Wallpaper 

Warthog

May's Desktop Wallpaper features a photo of a Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus). Warthogs have poor vision, but their senses of smell and hearing are very good.

Click here to download our May desktop wallpaper. 

Bwindi Imprenetrable Forest

Bwindi, located in Southwestern Uganda, is a true rain forest, spread over a series of steep ridges and valleys that form the edge of the Albertine Rift Valley. This national park covers an area of 321 sq. km. in the local language Bwindi means 'a place of darkness' and the name refers to thick vegetation. Referring to Bwindi as 'impenetrable forest' is a perfect description. The annual average temperature range is 7 - 20 degrees celsius, with the coldest period being June and July.

Tourism to Bwindi focuses on gorilla tracking. About half of the worlds mountain gorillas find their sanctuary in Bwindi National Park. Thus Bwindi boasts of over 326 gorillas. There are also 326 bird species and over 200 butterfly species.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

It is surprising that notwithstanding the overemphasis on gorillas, Bwindi National Park can also boast of at least 120 mammal species, more than any Ugandan national park except Queen Elizabeth national park. At least 11 primates exist including a healthy chimpanzee population, a vast number of L'Hoest's, red-tailed and blue monkey, as well as black-and-white colobus and olive baboon. Other animals include the elephants, and on a rare occasion, the buffaloes.