The first episode of David Attenborough's new BBC series, 'A Perfect Planet', featured several spots in Tanzania.  If you are interested in planning a safari in this supberb destination here's a brief guide to the highlights.  We've concentrated on  some ideas in Northern Tanzania which has more than its fair ... Read more

It’s been lovely to receive news of so many positive projects across Africa, undertaken by camps and lodges while they’ve been without guests. Here’s a quick snapshot of some of the goings on during this extraordinary year. The Latitude Hotels Latitude Hotels is a group of African city-based boutique hotels ... Read more

We’re delighted to be sending clients back to Africa and are planning many more safaris for the coming months. With wide open spaces, few visitors and remote lodges Africa ticks all the boxes for a post-lockdown holiday. We’ve had some fun collating 10 bucket list safaris for 2021 and beyond, ... Read more

Africa is enormous, 4,500 miles north to south as the rather weary crow would fly. The second largest continent on earth, it spans the entire expanse of the tropics, and the northern and southern temperate sub-tropical zones too. With the world’s biggest desert, its oldest and driest desert, one of ... Read more

We were delighted to receive the news from Mwiba Lodge in Tanzania this week that guests are once again enjoying this superb place. Francis, who visited last year, refers to it as, ‘quite wonderful, in a beautiful setting, properly remote and wild, and a fascinating contrast to the Serengeti . ... Read more

Huge, wild, relatively unpopulated, and not so well known, Zambia is among the very best of Africa’s wildlife destinations, and a firm favourite of Aardvark Safaris’ team - several having worked in the South Luangwa valley. Along with very beautiful and fertile wildlife habitats, it has some fantastic geographical features, ... Read more

Inside this issue of Drumbeat, Winter 2020/21: Alice reports on Tswalu where she finds a totally different type of safari. Ask the Expert: Anna, our safari concierge shares her safari memories. Ethiopia – Francis is bowled over by this fascinating country which he describes as 'the Africa you didn’t expect.' ... Read more

If a safari is on the bucket list, next week (yes, we can plan that quickly, we even organised a holiday within 48 hours of departure this week) or in the next year or two, here’s a glimpse at what to book when.  We’re fully up to date with the ... Read more

While we’re hunkered down here at home, it’s lovely to be reminded that the endless cycle of life goes on as ever in Africa’s wild places. We’ve enjoyed seeing pictures of a lion sleeping beside the fridge at Splash Camp in Botswana, an elephant inspecting the vehicles at African Horseback ... Read more

'Can you go to Africa at the moment,' is the comment I get most often as I describe the latest incredible feedback from clients in Kenya or Tanzania. With the summer we’ve all just endured, and the various rules imposed upon us, it seems almost impossible that people are travelling ... Read more