#wildlife

Sometimes you arrive at a place and instantly know: this is going to be special.After a freezing 3°C morning in Johannesburg, we drive towards Welgevonden Game Reserve. At the Main Gate, we leave our car behind. No self-driving here. Stephen, our guide for the next two days, loads our bags into his safari jeep.Tintswalo lies about an hour inside th

Even before breakfast, everyone is a little nervous. Excitement is already running through our veins. Canada is famous for its bear population, but so far those bears seem more like a myth. During our first hikes, we did not see any sign of them. The Canadian forests are so dense that you can often barely see ten metres ahead. Or perhaps we make fa

I’ll make no secret of it: I think whales are extraordinary animals.Not just extraordinary. The kind of extraordinary that makes it hard to believe such creatures actually exist. Animals larger than a house, moving almost silently through the water, sometimes surfacing right beside a boat. When we started planning our trip to Canada, a whale-watchi

When you're planning a safari, something dangerous happens. You watch videos. Lots of videos. On YouTube, lions chase buffalo across the savannah. On Instagram, leopards stroll past safari vehicles as if they have appointments to keep. Travel brochures feature elephants perfectly positioned against glowing African sunsets.After a few months of prep