http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk Specialists in African safaris with over 20 years in the travel industry arranging holidays to all parts of Africa including Kenya, Botswana, South Africa and Tanzania daily 1 2006-10-06T12:15:32+00:00 2006-10-06T12:09:32+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-botswana-backtobase.htm 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. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-botswana-horsebackheaven.htm When John Spence of Aardvark Safaris rides into a herd of grumpy elephant, he's very happy his alert horse seems already poised for a quick exit. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-botswana-mobilesafari.htm When Aardvark Safaris 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. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-botswana-ridingsafari.htm Traditionally known for it's superb riding, Okavango Horse Safaris now offer game drives and mokoro (dug out canoe) trips for non-riding partners. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-kenya-kenyangem.htm It's not often that we at Aardvark Safaris are overwhelmed by visiting a new safari camp but the sheer beauty of Sarara in Kenya stuns Charlie Gray. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-kenya-doesntcrowded.htm If your wish is to see East Africa in a totally private, intimate way, a mobile tented camp will give you a taste of the continent as it must have seemed to the original explorers. Alex Hunter operates private mobiles across Kenya, giving you the chance to drive through some of Africa's densest game populations and walk in unspoiled regions. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-kenya-guideschool.htm One project Aardvark Safaris has been actively supporting is the Koiyaki Guiding School that opened in July with its first 23 students, is the first of its kind in Kenya's Masai Mara, and has been set up by Ron Beaton of Rekero fame. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-kenya-christmas.htm Kenya is one of Aardvark Safaris' most popular family destinations. Charlotte Opperman flies out with her husband Peter and children for a Christmas in the sun. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-madagascar-madagascar.htm The island of Madagascar some 400 miles off the east coast of Africa has wonderfully friendly people, large wilderness areas, intriguing cuisine and has enough flora and fauna to keep the most demanding naturalist satisfied. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-malawi-lake.htm Landlocked Malawi is full of surprises. In the heart of the continent John Spence of Aardvark Safaris discovers some of Africa's finest beach destinations. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-mozambique-beachbug.htm Hardened veteran of countless beach resorts, John Spence of Aardvark Safaris was not expecting to be won over by the small lodges of Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago. But two small lodges changed his mind. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-namibia-richardreturns.htm Richard Smith of Aardvark Safaris visits Serra Cafema on the Kunene River in Namibia and tracks Rhino at Palmwag Rhino Camp. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-namibia-plea.htm Former guide and lodge manager Peter Dunning (PJ to his friends) has spent his life in the African bush. Here he argues that tourism, not aid, is what will help Africa develop without sacrificing its wildlife. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-namibia-fromtheair.htm Aardvark Safaris' Charlotte Opperman finds a fly-in safari offers more than just a new perspective on Namibia's dramatic desert landscapes. Hosted by Namibia's Schoeman family, she finds herself discovering a whole new world that vehicles just can't reach. A series of adventures packed into a few short days leave her feeling she's been away for weeks. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-namibia-otto.htm 'I'd seen the photographs, read the travel articles, knew a friend who'd been there. But nothing could have prepared me for the visual onslaught that I have just been subjected to'. Otto Bathurst reports on a trip to Namibia. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-seychelles-likeisland.htm I'd heard all sorts of things about Seychelles including the tag "5 star location but 3 star hotels and service", so I was delighted to be able to go and investigate for myself with my husband Peter earlier this year. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-seychelles-fishing.htm On a recent trip to the Seychelles, Alice Gully visited Alphonse Island and found a fisherman's paradise. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-southafrica-familysafari.htm Bush and beach - A Malaria free Christmas holiday for Charlotte Opperman of Aardvark Safaris and her family 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-southafrica-perspective.htm After the success of her South African trip for the Christmas 2002 holiday, Aardvark Safaris' Charlotte Opperman and her family revisit South Africa 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-southafrica-fugitives.htm John Spence of Aardvark Safaris takes a battlefield tour with the legendary David Rattray and learns all about the battle of Rorke's Drift and the Zulu wars 2006-010-06T12:11:50+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-southafrica-capetown.htm The most demanding travel clients are your own family. John Spence of Aardvark Safaris takes his wife and five-year-old son to Cape Town, a city he used to call home at the end of the apartheid era. How would the city he remembered live up to his memories? 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-southafrica-revisited.htm South Africa is Aardvark Safaris' number one best seller, and that's not surprising given it has a great variety of scenery, activities to suit all, the cost can be economical and it does have a superb climate. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-southafrica-whales.htm This is an outstanding trip in South Africa combining whale watching on the Cape Coast, stunning Kalahari Desert scenery, including a family of habituated meerkats, and finally a traditional big five safari experience in Madikwe Game Reserve. 2006-10-06T12:11:50+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-tanzania-firstkill.htm You never forget the first time. When Africa's daily drama plays out in front of him Charlie Gray of Aardvark Safaris finds his first kill in Africa a life-changing experience. 2006-10-06T12:11:47+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-tanzania-bigfive.htm Charlie Gray of Aardvark Safaris devises a Tanzanian safari that takes in its five best parks, bringing him the highlights but also exploring its less-visited regions. 2006-10-06T12:11:40+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-tanzania-primates.htm While gorillas get the headlines, sometimes nature's smaller primates still pack a wonderful punch. Half the world's chimpanzees live in Tanzania's remote Mahale National Park, where Richard Smith of Aardvark Safaris finds a lakeside beach paradise the perfect place for tracking man's closest relative. 2006-10-06T12:11:38+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-uganda-gorillas.htm John Spence of Aardvark Safaris realises a lifelong ambition when he tracks mountain gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda 2006-10-06T12:11:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-uganda-hellomr.htm 'Before I die' lists almost always include gorilla tracking and in a world where fewer than 700 mountain gorillas remain in existence, you don't want to leave it too long. Alice Gully, manager of Aardvark Safaris' Edinburgh office, packed her bags for Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest in southern Uganda. 2006-10-06T12:11:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-zambia-zealot.htm 'During my time managing safari camps in Botswana in the 1980s, I never did get the opportunity to go further north and into Zambia. So with great enthusiasm I left an overheated UK in July bound for the Luangwa Valley'. Jane Cox explains why Zambia reminds her of the Botswana she knew 15 years ago. 2006-10-06T12:11:37+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-zambia-grassroots.htm Charlie Gray of Aardvark Safaris is rather suspicious of luxury lodges and camps. It's all too easy, he says, to concentrate so hard on the décor and soft furnishings and lose sight of what's really important on safari: the quality of the guides and the character of your hosts. On his recent trip to Zambia, he found both guides and hosts at their best. 2006-10-06T12:09:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-zambia-livingstone.htm John Spence of Aardvark Safaris returns to Livingstone, Zambia where he finds a city revitalised since his last visit. 2006-10-06T12:09:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-zambia-safarihouses.htm Private houses in Zambia are perfect for family holidays. 2006-10-06T12:11:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-zimbabwe-zambezi.htm Aardvark Safaris' John Spence tells of re-visiting old friends and old haunts in Zimbabwe 2006-10-06T12:10:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-family-notdull.htm Family trips are the fastest growing area of Aardvark Safaris' business. John Spence visits two families to help them plan their itineraries. 2006-10-06T12:10:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-family-safaris.htm Introducing children to the thrill of Africa is not only great fun, but also an unforgettable and educational experience. Aardvark Safaris outline here some of the issues to consider when planning family holidays in Africa. 2006-10-06T12:10:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-family-mauritius.htm Before joining Aardvark Safaris in 2001, Charlotte Opperman had booked a two week family trip to Mauritius during the Christmas holidays. When Richard and John of Aardvark heard about this they decided to put her to work while she was there and sent her to visit a number of the top hotels on the island with a view to finding out what Mauritius is like as a family destination. 2006-10-06T12:10:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-honeymoons-lion.htm Where would an Aardvark Safaris consultant choose for a honeymoon? Africa, of course. Alice McVittie (or rather, now Alice Gully) divides three weeks into beach, bush and desert for the perfect introduction to married life. 2006-10-06T12:10:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-honeymoons-challenge.htm Four countries and six locations - an epic tailored honeymoon 2006-10-06T12:10:32+00:00 - http://www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk/articles-general-campaign.htm A plea not to be led only by the glossy brochure, slick website and promise of the Big Five. 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