The GoPro is the adventurer’s best friend. Unlike the DSLR, it doesn’t mind if you knock it about or drop it in a river. Provided the river is not too murky, because finding your GoPro might be an issue. Having seen many travellers drop these hardy snappers into dense mangrove territory…
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” – Albert Einstein Growing up, my parents played music at every opportunity. Even camping in the mountains, there was guitar-picking and…
We get rather sentimental when we think about forests. Because of how much they mean to us. It’s safe to say that we are living right in the thick of one, in our space on the Zambezi’s banks. The island itself is one large green lung that gives our little lodge…
“If you take care of the birds, you take care of most of the big environmental problems in the world.” —Thomas E. Lovejoy, Tropical Conservation Biologist & National Geographic Fellow This year marks the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the most powerful and important bird-protection law ever passed, protecting more…
There are many thoughts and feelings that rise when you glimpse the Victoria Falls for the first time. They come to you, these epiphanies, with all the vigour of the Falls itself. To say the least, it is impossible to behold the Victoria Falls and not be moved. There are…
A sense of safety is something most of us look for when we travel. It determines our destinations, our journeys, and our well-being before, during and after a trip. It allows us a feeling of calm and peace, so that the real work of travel can take shape. This peace,…
