Everyone should do a private mobile safari before they die’.  Maybe not the sort of view widely held among the general population, but a comment we are used to - and fully believe - at Aardvark.  The latest to utter (actually re-utter in this case) these hallowed words of wisdom is Alice in the Scottish office, recently back from a private mobile trip in Botswana. 

Jo visits the Makgadikgadi Pans and discovers there's a very different side to Botswana than the luscious green flood plains of the Okavango Delta.

Victoria reports on this paradise of palms, papyrus and crystal clear waterways

Gale Brown and Donna Richards are key members of the Aardvark team, involved in the vital administration that backs up our tailor-made safari operations. This year we felt that they should get a first taste of Africa and sent them on two different safaris: here is how they fared.

Insight Guides recently described Brian Jackman as “Britain’s foremost writer on wildlife and safaris.” After 20 years at the Sunday Times he is now a freelance writer still specialising in all things African. We are delighted that he agreed to put pen to paper for us and describe his recent trip to Botswana which Aardvark arranged. 

Set departure mobile safaris in Botswana.                                                                                                

Botswana was where John Spence started in safaris, guiding mobile camping parties through the Okavango Delta’s hidden havens. Like most animals, he views change with caution and even now there’s trepidation mixed with his excitement whenever he returns.

When John Spence rides into a herd of grumpy elephant, he's very happy his alert horse seems already poised for a quick exit.

When Aardvark received an invitation to join an educational trip on a mobile, tented safari in Botswana, we decided to send Charlotte. She’s made no secret of her dislike of camping, snakes, creepy crawlies and roughing it in general, so we thought it was time to set her straight. Here’s her report.