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South Africa is known for its great wines. When on safari there is nothing like a beautiful pinotage to go with your gourmet meal in a safari camp. But do you know how old the wine region of South Africa is? It goes back to the 1600s to the explorations of the Dutch East India […]

You have heard the phrase “the elephant in the room” referring to something no one wants to talk about but is an important issue. Well one of the “elephants in the room” in parts of Africa is poaching and the decimation of the elephant population in certain parts of Africa. One of those areas where […]

When I travel I like to bring one or two books to read on my trip. As is tradition, when finished I leave them at the camp I am staying at and if I need more reading material exchange it for another book in the camp library. I was fortunate that just before I left […]

Malawi, formerly known as Nyasalandonce, was once part of the Federation of Rhodesia. It is a landlocked country , bordering Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Zambia and Zimbabwe were also part of Rhodesia. When it got its independence it broke off and became independent Malawi. It is also a country that the great explorer David Livingstone […]

I have written a couple of blog posts about our friend Jill Holden and her students at Kittridge Elementary School in Los Angeles. I had the honor of coming to them early on in their preparation of a production of The Lion King to talk to them about Africa, its wildlife and its people. I […]

Back in January I wrote about what a great time I had visiting Kittredge Elementary School. I was invited by our friend Jill Holden who teaches theater there and is putting on a production of the Lion King. I had a great time talking about about wildlife, the people of East Africa and teaching a […]

One of the great programs developed by the Cheetah Conservation Fund (of which I am a trustee) is its livestock guard dog program. In this program CCF provides farmers with Anatolian Shepherds which they train and who bond with the livestock of the farmers. When they sense a predator nearby they have a loud bark. […]

It is not uncommon for people I meet in the U.S. to refer to Africa as a country or to tell me that they would like to go on a 10 day safari and during that time go to Victoria Falls, Cape Town, see the Great Migration and the Gorillas in Rwanda. I usually pull […]