BREAKFAST WITH THE OLD MAN OF THE FOREST We spent our last day in Singapore exploring the best zoo we’ve ever been to: Singapore Zoo. This vast wildlife park houses more than 2,500 critters from all over the world and includes the largest captive colony of orangutans in […]
A final day on safari…. The final stop on this epic safari of ours is Tarangire National Park. We arrived here late this morning after a short 3 hours drive from Ngorongoro Farmhouse and spent the better part of our day on a game drive through the park. […]
The circle of life sure can be a little gory… Disney’s “The Lion King” romanticised the concept of “the circle of life”. As we discovered today, however, the truth is far gorier than any cartoon would dare show you! Our lesson in life and death, savannah-style, came not […]
Lion-spotting at Lake Manyara National Park We had an awesome day exploring Lake Manyara National Park today! We saw monkeys, baboons, giraffe, hyenas, buffalo, water buck and even lions! Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania’s smallest national parks but one of its richest in terms […]
Africa’s most endangered large mammal We awoke this morning to a fresh pot of Kenyan coffee (delivered to our tent by a smiling waiter – how cool is that?!), a beautiful sunrise and a RHINO AT OUR BACK FENCE! We didn’t actually see any rhino yesterday (much to our […]
Welcome to the Mara! The word safari in Swahili men’s “long journey”; today the word is used more commonly to mean “bumpy journey through the African bush chasing wild animals with a camera”. Whichever definition you use, we are totally on safari! We met our driver […]
Welcome to Kenya! When most people think of Africa, chances are they’re thinking of Kenya (even if they don’t realise it). This is the land of wide open savannah plains, dotted with flat-topped acacia trees and home to more wild animals that you can poke a stick at […]
