Archive for December 2019

Northern Serengeti 2019: the Alternative Serengeti

Along with Kenya’s neighbouring Masai Mara, the Serengeti in Tanzania must be one of the most visited wildlife locations there is. The park’s popularity is rightly justified: it remains one of the very best safari destinations in Africa. Most might assume that this popularity comes at a price and that it is virtually impossible to…

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Komodo & Sulawesi 2019: Into the Dragon’s Den

In common with so many, my introduction to Komodo came courtesy of David Attenborough. Zoo Quest for a Dragon was first broadcast in 1956 (well before I was born) and it took Sir David and the film crew some four months to reach the Indonesian island from the UK. Today, the journey is easily manageable…

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