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Anti-Poaching Initiative in Kafue
Wilderness Safaris Joins Forces with PUMA and Panthera to Bolster Anti-Poaching Initiative in Kafue, Zambia October 2013 – Wilderness Safaris and the Wilderness Wildlife Trust have facilitated the generous funding of USD360 000 from global sports lifestyle brand PUMA to the world’s leading wild cat conservation organisation, Panthera. A small portion [...]
Our top five sightings of the 2013 season
The end of our 2013 safari season is soon approaching, but we’ve been gratified with some really exceptional sightings throughout the past five months. We’re sharing here a glimpse of the season, through our top five sightings. Wild Dogs – June 2013 It was on June 10th that we had [...]
Conservation Lower Zambezi Newsletter September 2013
Protecting vital crops from elephants using chilli Thanks to Proflight, South Luangwa Conservation Society and Awely, in August CLZ were able to teach 30 more farmers how to grow and use chillies to protect their fields from being raided by elephants. Every year substantial damage is suffered by villagers who [...]
Top Photographic Tips for South Luangwa
Wildlife photography has become very popular over the last few years, principally since digital SLR photography has become more readily available. More and more wildlife enthusiasts have started venturing into nature photography. The African Wilderness is a paradise for keen photographers, both beginners and professionals. I started photography when I [...]
Project Luangwa Newsletter October 2013
Back to school Now that the kids are back at school after the holidays we’ve been busy giving out text books bought with donated funds as well as toys, bras, junior dictionaries and all sorts of things. Last week over $1000 worth of books and teaching materials went to Hanada [...]
A Rare Encounter with Big Cats
One Sunday, early-evening, as I sat in my crooked little house watching the Crooked River Luangwa’s hippos make their way to the grazing grounds, there was a knock on my door. This knock usually means one thing; unexpected guests in camp, but not on this day. There stood a guy [...]
A Visitor’s Guide to Kafue National Park
Small enough to put in your pocket, this new guide is your ideal safari companion to Kafue National Park! Known as one of Zambia’s best kept secrets, the huge Kafue National Park can be daunting for the first time visitor. But now the new ‘Visitor’s Guide to Kafue National Park’ [...]
Toka Leya Donates 1000 Trees to Greenpop
August 2013 – Toka Leya, an intimate 12-tented camp overlooking the Zambezi River, donated 1 000 trees from its nursery to Greenpop for a three-week reforestation project in Livingstone, Zambia, that took place from 7-28 July 2013. “We were thrilled to support Greenpop’s second Trees for Zambia Action Event by [...]
Kasanka Chronicles – Elephants everywhere!
Coming across Elephants in Kasanka is always a treat. Although our population is healthy and growing, it is still small, and sightings are by no means daily. We’re not ‘spoiled’ you see! Estimates of population size vary from 30-35 to 40-45 to as many as a hundred. The latter is [...]
New life for an old Camp
In the 1970’s Norman Carr, conservation visionary and pioneer, was operating walking safaris in the Chibembe area of the Luangwa Valley. It was, and still is, a very rich wildlife area but it becomes inaccessible after the first rains and Norman needed a green season base. Long before he built [...]
Kasanka Chronicles – Camp T.R.E.E.
It is not every day that children from rural communities in Zambia have an opportunity to explore and experience their natural heritage. Facing one of the highest deforestation rates on the continent as well as a poaching crisis, there is a pronounced disconnect between rural people and the sustainable utilization [...]
Livingstone’s Africa Exhibition
Edinburgh Fringe Exhibition celebrates Livingstone's Fellow Explorers Two women, descendants of Livingstone's fellow explorers, are celebrating Livingstone's bicentenary with their exhibition, Livingstone's Africa, which runs from 13-18 August 2013 at the Gladstone Gallery, Gladstone's Land (off the Royal Mile). Specialising in African tourism, Claire Foottit and Mary-Anne Bartlett were drawn [...]