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Jabbing My Way Through Africa: A Traveller’s Guide to Vaccinations

As I sit here, sipping my morning cuppa, I can't help but reminisce about my …

Wildlife

25 astonishing facts about africa’s big 5

What are the big 5? Africa's big 5 is made up of two carnivores, the lion …

Ranger Stories

Face to face encounter with an elephant in musth

Safari guide Rhodes Bezuidenhout of Shangani Trails recounts a trip with clients to the Makuleke concession in Kruger …

Ranger Stories

The swagger and odour of a musth elephant

Safari guide Rhodes Bezuidenhout of Shangani Trails recounts a trip with clients to Kruger National Park when he …

Wildlife

Elephant musth – The complete guide

Musth is a bological condition unique to bull elephants during which its testosterone levels rise …

Safari Skills

15 point guide to walking safaris

Introduction A walking safari is different to your routine lodge experience where you will be driven …

Ranger Stories

3 of the most unbelievable videos of lions in safari camps

When you go on safari in the wilds of Africa you never know what animals …

Safari Skills

What’s in the bag?

As a trails guide it wasn't just a rifle that I took out each day. …

Safari Skills

What I learnt walking trails

After becoming a safari guide I undertook further training to qualify as a trails guide …

Safari Skills

Safari guide course: Packing technology

Anyone embarking on a safari guide training course should think carefully about what technology to …

Safari Skills

Safari guide: how to become a field guide

The definitive guide to a safari guide In this definitive guide to the job of Safari …

Safari Skills

Making the most of a gap year

Having headed to Africa on a career break to become a safari guide I learned …

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