This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 On our last day with Liza we had planned to go to Table Mountain, do the Chapman’s Peak drive and visit a vineyard (which they call a wine farm). Unfortunately, Table Mountain and Chapman’s Peak were closed due to high winds. Needing something…
View More
This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The next morning we had planned to go to the top of Table Mountain, but the cable car was closed due to high winds & low visibility. It was a dreary, drizzley kind of morning; not the best for photography, but we weren’t…
View More
This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 Cape Town which sits on South Africa’s western coast, at the top of the Cape Peninsula and in the shadow of Table Mountain, was the last leg of the trip. The first stop was the renowned Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, nestled against the…
View More
This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The Okavango Delta is one of the world’s largest inland deltas and an important ecosystem in Botswana. With approximately 600,000 hectares of “permanent” swampland, along with over a million hectares of seasonally flooded grasslands, it has no outlet to the sea – the…
View More
This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 African wild dogs are highly social pack animals. They are an endangered species; partly because only the dominant male and female in the pack breed and also because of humans and disease, such as rabies. On this morning, we found a female that…
View More
This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 Moving day was a little different than other days. Still up well before dawn, but we’d have to pack up before leaving; with our bags loaded on top of the vehicle we’d head out for the morning game drive. Once TT, Patrick &…
View More
This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The next part of the trip was a 9 night/10 day mobile tented safari in Northern Botswana. A short charter flight from the surprisingly modern and nice airport in Kasane to an airstrip in Savuti. Our pilot looked pretty young to me (he’s…
View More
This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The next stop was Kasane, Botswana for the 5 day/4 night Better Wildlife Photography course with Pangolin Photo Safaris. Our group of 8 had 9 outings on their custom built photo boat and 1 game drive, all within the Chobe National Park. The…
View More
This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 The first stop on my Southern Africa adventure is Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe / Zambia border. The Victoria Falls Hotel, on the Zimbabwe side, is the oldest in the area. The hotel was built in 1904 to house workers building the Victoria…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica After arriving safely back in Ushuaia it was time to head back to Buenos Aires for a couple of nights before my flight home. Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and it’s largest city, with almost 3 million people. It is…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica Over night we travelled across the Bransfield Strait and morning found us just off of Deception Island, another of the South Shetland Islands. The South Shetland Islands are “claimed” by the British, Argentines & the Chileans and many countries have established…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica First stop this morning was a D’Hainaut Island, a very small island in Mikkelsen Harbour just off Trinity Island on the Western side of the peninsula. First sighting of the island. First thought, hmm, that doesn’t look like much, sure you…
View More
This post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica This morning we awoke to blue skies and tabular ice bergs – we have arrived in Antarctica! We were in the Antarctic Sound, between Joinville Island and the mainland. Our Antarctic welcoming party… Offloading the zodiacs for our morning cruise at…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica To get from South Georgia to Antarctica we had to cross what many to believe to be the roughest ocean on the planet… Okay, so we got lucky. These were taken around 10 pm on New Year’s Eve – we were…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica Our last day in South Georgia started at Cooper Bay, home to South Georgia’s largest Chinstrap Penguin colony, under sunny skies. In addition to the Chinny’s, Gentoos, Kings & Macaronis also nest here. Sadly, no landing today, just a zodiac cruise….
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica Another busy (and early) morning with a zodiac cruise before breakfast and a landing afterwards at St. Andrew’s Bay. St. Andrew’s Bay has the largest King penguin colony on South Georgia, with over 100,000 breeding pairs and also has one of…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica Up bright and early for a landing before breakfast- our wakeup call was at 6 with a gangway time of 6:30! This day was more about history than penguins and seals; our first stop was Stromness, just east of Fortuna Bay….
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica In preparation for our arrival in South Georgia we were required to attend a mandatory briefing. South Georgia is an island and they do not want any alien species; as such we were required to perform biosecurity procedures, basically making sure…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica The Falkland Islands consist of 2 larger islands, East & West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. They are a British overseas territory and are self-governed. The Argentines still maintain their claim over the islands (Islas Malvinas to them) despite their unsuccessful…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica Our first landings today – and I didn’t fall out of the Zodiac! The first stop was West Point Island, which lies just off the most north-westerly point of mainland West Falkland and boasts a population of 2 people. We walked…
View More