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Travel Blogs Across Africa and India

Sensory safari group photo in Eswatini

Sensational sensory safari for the blind

Who said that a safari is just for seeing? It’s a little unusual, but a safari for the blind or visually impaired is a fantastic experience.

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Passport stamped visa pages

What to do before you travel

Here are our top tips on what to do before you go to Africa – covering mobile phones, dealing with banks, sorting visas, and COVID-19 rules.

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white rhino and her calf in Eswatini

Feeding White Rhino Calves

It’s not often that you’re woken at midnight to feed white rhino calves. I got roped into helping with this unusual task in exchange for a bed!

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Blue Wildebeest

The stupid 5 (as opposed to the Big 5)

Most people have heard of Africa’s famous Big 5 safari animals. But what are Africa’s dumbest animals, or the Stupid 5?

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Namibia's wild horses

Where have Namibia’s wild horses come from?

Horses are rarely found in southern Africa. Despite this, wild horses have flourished in Namibia. But where did they come from?

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A close up of African elephant in Botswana

Transporting Elephants in Zimbabwe

In 1992 the largest elephant ever translocated happened in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe – it was memorable in more ways than one!

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Female Ostrich

Chased by an Ostrich in Eswatini

I was chased by a bird! Admittedly it was a big bird, but being chased by an Ostrich does not do much for your bush credibility.

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Manzini bus station Eswatini

Patience needed with public transport in Africa!

Patience and public transport in Africa will never go together, well not in my lifetime anyway. Ordinarily a 3-hour journey, took over 7hrs.

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walking with rhino in Eswatini

Walking with rhino – too close for comfort

“Anyone need a change of underwear?” It has been a heart stopping, nerve wracking and exhilarating moment. How close had those rhino been?

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Buffalo tracking in Zimbabwe

Tracking buffalo in Zimbabwe – too close for comfort

I put a tree between myself and the buffalo I was tracking, it was a thin tree, but still a tree, what ever the size, it was better than none.

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Diver swimming above a whale shark in Mozambique

Swimming with Whale Sharks in Mozambique

Swimming with Whale Sharks in Mozambique has to be one of the most exhilarating experiences. If you get the chance, don’t let it swim by.

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Nyala in South Africa

Game Capture in South Africa

Working for a South African game capture keeps you on your toes; I was feeding rhinos, picking ticks off my overalls and rugby tackling antelope.

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suggested reading

AFRICA

Ladies Detection Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith
Book about African Wildlife
House of Stone by Christina Lamb
Sense Africa Five Ways by Jenny Bowen

indiA

Kim by Budyard Kipling
A Passage to India Book
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
India's Unending Journey by Mark Tully

recommended travel guides

The Wildlife of Southern Africa by Vincent Carruthers - Travel Blogs

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Brian O’Boyle

During our journeys your infectious enthusiasm, and specialist knowledge illustrated Sense Africa is pertinently named as our senses are still buzzing from our experiences.

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