1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (211+ words) South Africa’s Kruger National Park has taken the top spot in a new ranking of the best safari destinations to visit between September and December. As temperatures drop across the Northern Hemisphere, travellers are increasingly looking beyond traditional autumn and…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (297+ words) In the heart of western Zambia lies a wilderness of extraordinary scale, diversity and possibility. Kafue National Park, Zambia’s largest national park, stretches across an immense 22,400 square kilometres and forms part of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), one…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1103+ words) They are not usually the animals that make you slam on the brakes during a game drive. Lions, elephants and leopards get that privilege. Vultures tend to arrive later, circling silently overhead or gathering around a carcass. Image by Pieter…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (592+ words) A barn owl has been rescued after becoming stranded about 70 miles from shore and seeking refuge aboard a boat carrying British Army soldiers competing in a race around Britain and Ireland. Image of barn owl used for illustrative purposes/Steven…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1299+ words) South Africa is home to some of the world’s most spectacular plants, from colourful spring flowers to ancient trees. But look beyond the obvious, and you’ll find a stranger side to the country’s flora: plants that resemble people, stones, elephant…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (665+ words) When travellers think of South African wildlife, the Big Five usually steal the spotlight. Yet across the country, some destinations owe their fame not to lions or elephants, but to birds. From bustling penguin colonies and dazzling flocks of flamingos…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (307+ words) Zimbabwe has taken a significant step in the fight against wildlife crime by officially recognising its wildlife rangers as frontline law-enforcement officers. According to the African Travel & Tourism Association (ATTA), President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently signed the Parks and Wildlife Amendment…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (567+ words) World Ranger Day, marked annually on 31 July, is a chance to honour the brave men and women who dedicate their lives to protecting South Africa’s wildlife. But behind many successful anti-poaching operations is another group of unsung heroes: highly trained…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (793+ words) South Africa holds pockets of ancient indigenous forest where yellowwoods and birdsong create an entirely different world. These forests are among the country’s most biodiverse ecosystems. Many have survived for thousands of years, sheltering rare wildlife, spectacular walking trails and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (555+ words) Picture a brown bear weighing nearly 400kg roaming the forests of what is now Portugal. Around 22 000 years ago, these enormous predators were among the largest brown bears ever recorded in the Iberian Peninsula. Today, their descendants are less than half that…...