People who haven’t yet been on a safari may be under the impression that wild dog sightings are the “consolation prize” if you don’t see...

Wild animals are such characters. In their own environment, they are at home, and we are the visitors. On safari, most animals don’t even...

I had just gotten to another fabulous safari lodge in Botswana. I walked to the room (my bags had already been brought there by the...

When you’re on safari, most of the animals (even the lions) don’t really care much that you are there. They go about their business,...

Spotting a leopard in the wild in Africa can be a rare occurrence, but when you do come across one of them it often makes for an...

On my first safari, once we had our first leopard sighting we saw leopards often. After some days of seeing a carcass in a tree we knew...

There's a saying that elephants remember everything. I had never given that saying much thought or wondered where that belief originated...

Many people have said, and rightfully so, that there is no better sunset than those in Africa. The colors in the sky as the sun goes down...

On my first safari trip, one of the camps was considered a water camp. I didn’t understand at the time that meant it was known for...

On my first safari trip, I stayed in three camps in Botswana and then made the (short) trek to Zimbabwe to see Victoria Falls. I was told...

It might have been one of the creepiest faces I've ever stared into. The bloodied face of an African wild dog, and so many of them that...

I'm not a cat person. I like dogs. I got to see both while on safari. The wild dogs always gave us a great show with their hunts. But the...

On my very first day on safari, I saw nearly everything I had ever hoped to see. We saw elephants on the way from the airstrip to the...

If you asked me for an accurate profile (pun intended!) of a lion when I was younger (and way before my first safari), I wouldn't have...

Look at these two! I image them as teenagers who met one day out in the bush and developed a life-long friendship. Were they sharing the...

By the time I got to my third camp on that safari trip, I thought I was prepared for seeing the animals in camp. In fact, at the previous...

So many people ask me if I was scared seeing the wildlife in Africa up close. Never once, I tell them. For the most part, the animals...

When I finally decided the time was right to go on safari, I followed the advice of more experienced safari travelers and decided on...

They're not regular "dogs" by any means. Whether you call them wild dogs, painted dogs, spotted dogs, or anything else, they bear little...

Elephants don't have hands. It's true. I'm not even sure an elephant can push something with one of its legs...it may not have the...