by Natalie | Jul 31, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Thursday 31 July 2008 TIA – This is Africa! We all met at 7am this morning, ready to go on our morning river cruise but the pontoon had mechanical problems, an alternate one was en route but would take a while to get here. So instead of having breakfast on the...
by Natalie | Jul 30, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Wednesday 30 July 2008 We had a lie in this morning, so we were up after sunrise, and a good job too since there was no electricity so we needed the daylight to see by! Thankfully, we at least had hot water! With all the bags packed we headed up to the Boma for...
by Natalie | Jul 29, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Tuesday 29 July 2008 We all met up at 06:00 and walked up to the restaurant for tea, coffee and fresh scones. From the restaurant you can look down into the valley with a great view of the waterhole. Soon we were on our way to the Victoria Falls. When we got...
by Natalie | Jul 28, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Monday 28 July 2008 After a day and a half of travel we’ve arrived in Zimbabwe and right now are listening to the sound of African drums coming from the Boma (‘place of eating’)… We’re staying at the Lokuthula Lodge where we’ve seen warthogs come...
by Natalie | Jul 27, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Sunday 27 July 2008 Lack of trams to the train station so early on Sunday mornings meant we took a taxi to the airport. We should definitely do that for ALL of these big trips – it’s much more relaxing then rushing for trams and trains with our incredibly heavy...
by Natalie | Jun 20, 2008 | Conservation
June 2008 **This article originally appeared on zoocrew.eu as part of our Conservation Awareness project. ** The Iberian Lynx, a medium-sized, leopard-spotted cat living exclusively in Portugal and Spain has earned the dubious honour of becoming the world’s most...
by Natalie | Nov 13, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Monday 13 November 2006 We had a nice lie-in this morning but were awake for the sunrise and then it was really too bright to sleep. We finished packing and then at 08.00 headed over to the dining banda for a hot breakfast and Heiko had the cinnamon pancake. We...
by Natalie | Nov 12, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Sunday 12 November 2006 Our tea and coffee was late again this morning but thankfully we still had enough time to get ready for our morning game drive. On the way to the vehicles we saw that the young male elephant was back in camp. Our driver and guide...
by Natalie | Nov 11, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Saturday 11 November 2006 Heiko heard the hyena and lions around the camp last night. Apparently the lions were really loud. He woke me up so I could hear them too but I was in such a deep sleep that it took quite some effort to wake me from my (strange) dream...
by Natalie | Nov 10, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Friday 10 November 2006 We were woken with tea and coffee in bed today! Just after 6.30 we went straight to the vehicle to meet our guide (Geoffrey) and driver (Yona). As we were leaving camp we saw the male elephant near the kitchen and saw loads of yellow...
