2014

Siesta Time for Giraffes

The first animal I saw on Safari was a giraffe. Our guide said “look giraffes” and I being a naive person looked straight through the windshield and told our guide I didn’t see it. He smiled and told me to look to my left where 2 beautiful giraffes were standing about 20 feet away. It […]

Namibia 5 Fun Facts

This week we are going to provide you with 5 fun facts about Namibia which is home to the Cheetah Conservation Fund of which I am on the Board of Trustees Namibia is the second least densely populated country on earth. After Mongolia which is also a vast country, there are just over two million […]

Uganda 5 Fun Facts

This week we are going to provide you with 5 fun facts about Uganda which is home to a source of the Nile: Uganda is home of a large part of Africa’s largest lake – Lake Victoria which is also a source of the Nile. Uganda has 11% of the birds found in the world […]

Kenya 5 Fun Facts

This week we are going to provide you with 5 fun facts about Kenya which is named after Mt. Kenya, the highest point in the country and is 17,057 feet high more than 2000 feet less than Mt. Kilimanjaro the tallest point in Africa. Kenya is roughly the same size of Texas at 362,040 square […]

Rwanda 5 Fun Facts

This week we are going to provide you with 5 fun facts about Rwanda one of only 3 countries where you can see Mountain Gorillas. Rwanda is one of the smallest nations in the world. It is roughly the size of Vermont. The big difference is that Vermont has a population of about 600,000 whereas […]

Tanzania 5 Fun Facts

Infinite Safari Adventures runs safaris in several countries in east and southern Africa. Beginning this week we are going to provide you with 5 fun facts of each country we run safaris in. Since most of our safaris are in Tanzania let’s start there! Tanzania is just a little bit more than twice the size […]

2012

Wine In The African Bush

In the past I have written about the wonderful food on safari but what about wine?  I have had the pleasure of traveling with clients who really know their wine and they have helped educate my amateur palate. There are some great wines from South Africa and you can find them while on safari.  Nothing […]

2011

What is a 3 letter word for “A Starchy staple of Africa?”

Ever since we have been together my wife has enjoyed doing the NY Times Crossword puzzles. She can even do the impossible Saturday one. I have never been into the puzzles but one day when I had some time I looked at one (it was a Monday and thus the easiest one) and lo and […]