Trails & Animal Encounters

In August I laughed at my brother-in-law when he realised he would be in the middle of Kruger, without comms, for the World Cup final. Then I accepted a booking to walk Pafuri over the same weekend. When I realised, I had a moment of regret, thinking what if the Boks make the final? I thought of a few places we could camp out that night that might have enough signal to watch it on the DSTV App, but those thoughts…

People have become disconnected from nature- that’s a fact that is undisputable, it shows every day, everywhere, from the street corner to social media. The number of people in the world who remain connected to nature is fewer and fewer, and in general they live with very little monetary wealth. It’s what keeps them connected, they can’t simply buy it from the shop, or turn it on and off. Their resources come through a direct channel, they must collect water from…

I woke in my tent at @siyafundawildlife at 1am yesterday morning and already in my mind was that I had left my boots outside and would a hyena come along and drag them off into the bush for a good chew. So I got up, walked across the camp to collect them and happy to find them still there. Climbing back into my sleeping bag I know felt awake and like we so often do nowadays checked my phone. Before I…