Safari Corner: The Top 10 Types of Safaris

SAFARI! The word conjures romantic images of 19th-century explorers, Ernest Hemingway’s Kilimanjaro, the bush, big game, and Ralph Lauren clothing.

African Rain: Still a Super Safari, With or Without It

So many of this season’s drives have been spectacular, if not simply stunning, both in dry and wet conditions. In fact, even though safaris have become more confined to the inside of our land cruisers, few of our drives bear any resemblance to road trips most anyone has ever experienced, unless of course they are safari aficionados.

African Rain: Still a Super Safari, With or Without It

The thing about rain and tin roofs is that it can quickly become a deafening clatter. This morning, while lying in the snug comfort of my mosquito-netted bed, I was awakened by a sudden downpour and the sharp, fast repetitive calls of the Long-tailed Glossy starling that was proudly heralding in the new dawn—and perhaps rejoicing the opening of the heavens. It was 5:45 am.

Safari Code Breaker

Dropping down over the Drakensberg escarpment, an immense shelf of land that gives way in great carved ravines to the vast plains below, I was awed by its magnitude. Instinctively, I felt my arrival in “the bush” and began to prepare my mindset for this first safari in Mpumalanga province, southeast of South Africa’s Kruger National Park.

Booking a Safari

Booking a safari can be a daunting experience as there are so many different types of itineraries out there, so much so that it gives you almost too much choice.

Rumit’s African Journey June-July 2010: PART 5 — NAMIBIA

Rumit Mehta, recently returned from safari in four African countries, shares his extraordinary experiences with Africa.com. This is the fifth in a five part series being released this week (complete with photos!) detailing his travels in Zambia, South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana.

Rumit’s African Journey June 2010: PART 3 — BOTSWANA

Rumit Mehta, recently returned from safari in four African countries, shares his extraordinary experiences with Africa.com. This is the third in a five part series being released this week (complete with photos!) detailing his travels in Zambia, South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana.

June 17-21: Okavango Delta, Botswana

We experience four spectacular days in this unique and pristine ecosystem, located in the northern part of Botswana. The January rains in Angola slowly creep down to the Delta, permeating the bone-dry flood plains and the five large water channels, bringing bird life and animals back. By May and June the Delta is filled up, often up to two to four meters in some areas, and then slowly recedes until the rains in November begin allowing the circle of life to continue for another generation of wild life…

Rumit’s African Journey June 2010: PART 2 – Next Stop in Zambia

Rumit Mehta, recently returned from safari in four African countries, shares his extraordinary experiences with Africa.com. This is the second in a five part series being released this week (complete with photos!) detailing his travels in Zambia, South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana.

Rumit’s African Journey, June 2010: PART 1 – Arrival in Zambia

Rumit Mehta, recently returned from safari in four African countries, shares his extraordinary experiences with Africa.com. This is the first in a five part series to be released this week (complete with photos!) detailing his travels in Zambia, South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana.