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 […]
Ngorongoro Crater exploration Ngorongoro Crater is spectacular. Never have we seen so many wild animals, such incredible scenery and enjoyed a day’s game drive so much. We were up at 5:00am this morning, eager to hit the road early so we could see the crater come alive with […]
Wonders of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area We left the Serengeti today and drove across the plains into the neighbouring national park of Ngorongoro. Despite the distance being less 100 kms, the drive took us almost 6 hours due to the state of the roads – seems the rain […]
In Maa, the Maasai language, Serengeti means “endless plains”… The Serengeti is one of Africa’s largest national parks – it stretches across the North-Western corner of Tanzania, all the way to the Kenyan border (the Serengeti and Kenya’s Maasai Mara are joined and are actually part of the […]
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 […]
Wandering Soles 