Victoria Falls and the Zambezi

Victoria Falls and the Zambezi

Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi river, is often considered to be the most picturesque of the world biggest waterfalls. Geologic faults create weak points in the basaltic rocks, and in return preferential erosion from the large volume of water collected by the Zambezi...
Anvil Bay, Maputo Reserve

Anvil Bay, Maputo Reserve

In the nature reserves South of Maputo, just North of Ponta Chemucane, lies the Anvil Bay lodge. Reaching the pristine beach of the lodge presents some challenges: there are no roads in the reserves, merely some sandy tracks, necessitating the use of powerful...
Bushy Park

Bushy Park

I visited London recently to attend a meeting and I was fortunate enough to land very early on a crip sunday morning in Heathrow. My brother in law, a talented amateur photographer, was very kind to take me to one of his favorite spots on the outskirts of London,...
Waterbucks, Gorongosa

Waterbucks, Gorongosa

Thanks to intelligent conservation policies, the waterbucks in the Gorongosa have recovered in an impressive way. From a few hundreds of specimen in 2002, they are now over 57,000. It cannot yet compare to the shear number of wildebeests in the greater Serengeti but I...
Painted Dogs, Gorongosa

Painted Dogs, Gorongosa

The Gorongosa in Mozambique was once the lost Eden of Africa. This jewel is being rediscovered slowly and most importantly, many species are being re-introduced. Decades of civil war and intense poaching have decimated this amazing land. The stories of the Gorongosa...