Need to Know
The Big Five. Legend by legend.
In 1990 South Africa redesigned their Rand bank notes. Replacing royalty, explorers, and heads of state, the new money featured the heads of five distinctive animals known as ‘The Big Five’. The gold standard for game viewing on the luxury photographic safaris that had sprung up throughout Africa since the 1970s, the popularity of the…
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How do you know your Dream Destination still has a Pulse?
This is what you will hear: 1. We have an office in Africa, America, and Australia. And staff who live in England and South America. 2. All our Travel Designers regularly travel to the properties we recommend. Local Safari knowledge is our passion. For us this is not negotiable, our new clients often mention that…
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Fascinating Great Migration Facts
So magnificent is this, that an extra wonder of the world was specifically created to honor the Great Migration. As with many mythical beasts, the eighth wonder of the world is not always entirely understood. Here are some facts about the Great Migration that might surprise you and will definitely give you good general knowledge.…
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7 Myths about Relaxing Holidays in Africa
New Yorkers are now battling so much stress they are resorting to camping within the city limits in an effort to relax. True story. Here is another one. Only, this time the camp is in Africa… on a Safari. There is the wake-up call at a terribly rude hour. Followed by long spells constrained to…
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How to Beat Jetlag with Spa Treatments
Her favorite part of the exercise? The fact that a wide-body is one of the few places where you are consistently productive (moving from a to b) while doing absolutely nothing. Of course, my daughter is still a teenager. She has yet to learn that when older people say “arriving is half the fun” they…
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You don’t Have to be a Woman to Save Gorillas {but apparently it helps}
On the 24th of September 1967 a ‘racist, alcoholic’* woman who, by most accounts, was not very easy to like, pitched two tents in a remote rainforest of the Ruhengeri Province of Rwanda. She called her camp Karisoke. The people would call her Nyirmachabelli—woman who lives alone in the mountains. Dian Fossey was in the Virungas…
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This Rothschild Business
Chances are you have followed a trail of breadcrumbs to these words. It usually starts with a comment (generally quite sensational) on our social media. We try to explain. Deny. Educate. But social media isn’t really good for that. Now, all the leads point here. To this page. Hardly a day goes by without someone…
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