February is usually my favourite winter month in the Arctic, the sun’s up more so the days feel longer and we can venture further afield without worrying about it getting dark, but it’s still a prime month for aurora viewing. February 2023 however turned out to be a little different with brutal winter storms and…
Tag: wildlife
Searching for wild rhinos and tigers in Chitwan National Park | Nepal
We visited Chitwan National Park 10 years ago and loved the experience of hiking in search of wildlife so we decided to return and try our luck at spotting a Bengal Tiger this time. Rhinos are the main attraction in the park with almost 700 of them roaming the forest and grasslands. Along with the…
A day trip to Chobe National Park | Botswana
Seeing as Chobe National Park in Botswana was only an hours drive from where we were staying in Zambia we decided to do a day trip there. It wasn’t an easy decision though, the trip was bloomin’ expensive and we’d of preferred to stay overnight but our visa only allowed day trips to Botswana. In…
Wildlife encounters in Kruger National Park | Part 3
We’ve been very lucky to spend 13 days doing 12 hour game drives through Kruger National Park. I’ve written a couple of posts about our first wildlife encounters in the park but here’s what our final week looked like including our first night drive. DAY 8 We could see vultures circling in the sky which…
Lion prides, laughing hyenas and elephant herds | Kruger National Park
After spending the past three days having the most insane wildlife encounters in the southern part of Kruger, today we’re making our way a little bit north. We’ll use Hazy View as our base which is about 25 minutes from the nearest park gate. These are the wildlife encounters we had during our four days…
Self-driving Kruger National Park |Part One – witnessing the BIG 5
We woke just as the sun was rising and enjoyed a nice hot coffee while scanning the river banks with our binoculars for wildlife. The river marks the southern end of Kruger National Park and a short drive from us was the Crocodile Bridge Gate where we could enter the park. The national park is…
Arriving in South Africa and staying in our first game reserve
We’ve been putting Southern Africa off for many years due to safety issues and whenever I read the FCO government website it instantly puts me off as the crime is extremely violent. But we have to remember we’re not the first tourists to visit and we can’t let the scary stories put us off. So…
Swimming with sperm whales, humpbacks and dolphins in Mauritius
I’ve dreamt of snorkelling with whales for a long time but after our plans of going to Tonga failed due to it still being closed to tourism we started researching other countries. I discovered that the Indian Ocean surrounding Mauritius was home to sperm whales and we didn’t need anymore persuading. The female sperm whales…
Bears and mountain hikes in Kosovo
Kosovo is home to less than 100 bears and sadly some have been stolen from the wild and kept in tiny cages outside restaurants to entice guests in. The conditions were awful, the bears were fed bread and beer and were taunted by customers and staff through the cage. Luckily the Four Paws charity came…
A sky filled with vultures and a mystical cave | Spain
I’ve always pictured vultures to be the ones flying circles around me in a dry desert landscape when I’m severely dehydrated and on my last legs. Vultures just look like the bad guy, I can imagine gang members being reincarnated into them but my opinions soon changed when we visited Monfragüe National Park, home to…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 