Four nights at this wonderful camp will allow you time immerse yourself in all on offer here. You can visit Iain Douglas-Hamilton’s Save the Elephants research centre, enjoy elephant watching and game drives, bush picnics and sundowners, manyatta (homestead) and school visits. If you’re feeling energetic you can hike up ... Read more

Endangered Rhino At the beginning of the 20th century there were 500,000 rhinos across Africa and Asia. This fell to 70,000 by 1970, and further to just 29,000 in the wild today. Large-scale poaching of the now critically endangered rhino resulted in a dramatic decline from 65,000 black rhino individuals ... Read more

Update: 2nd November: BBC’s ‘The Hunt’ documentary featured leopard and wild dog in the programme last night, so I've updated the blog to incorporate some more information. I’ve been travelling to Africa for the past 23 years and have always been fascinated by two particularly elusive predators; leopard and the African ... Read more

Top 10 Luxury Safaris in Africa 2015, we share our client's favourite properties offering the very best service, guiding and exclusive access to wildlife, fantastic cuisine and exciting activities. Wild Luxury in Namibia In 2015, Namibia celebrates 25 years of independence. A safari in this stunning country instantly immerses you ... Read more

Gorilla Safari Uganda A great evening was had at Edinburgh Zoo on the 2nd October. Praven Moman and Dr Fred Babweteera gave fascinating talks on Uganda, Primates and the Budongo Conservation Project. Aardvark Safaris has joined forces with Praven Moman, a Ugandan born pioneer of great ape eco-tourism and Dr ... Read more

Much has been tried and tested in the two decades since I’ve been in the safari industry to rehabilitate and conserve black rhinos with varying degrees of success. When I lived and worked in Zimbabwe in the early 90s a huge de-horning programme was underway whereby rhino were darted, their ... Read more

With rhino poaching at an all-time high in South Africa, two of Africa’s leading conservation companies, Great Plains Conservation and & Beyond, have joined forces to relocate some 100 rhino from South Africa to Botswana. Currently one rhino is being poached every nine hours. The official figure is 1,004 dead ... Read more

Whale Watching Whale watching is possible July to September humpback whales pass through the narrow, shallow channel between mainland Madagascar and Ile Ste Marie on their way to their breeding grounds. If you visit Madagascar then you have a great chance of spotting the humpback whales that frequent the waters to mate and give ... Read more