The Sheldrick Wildlife trust in Kenya is the world’s most successful elephant orphan rescue and rehabilitation program. This was the first program of its kind. They also help with the conservation and preservation of the elephant’s natural environment. As well as their protection against poachers. Although best known for their work with elephants, the Sheldrick …
Let me share some pictures with you from our day at the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. Now I had always heard of this magical place, a place that they call the Garden of Eden for animals. People have talked about this place in documentary movies such as “Madagascar”. And this was one day that will …
Reefsleep on the Great Barrier Reef is an extraordinary experience that allows you to “glamp” while out at sea! Imagine sleeping underneath the stars, 39 nautical miles from shore at Hardy Reef. But you aren’t on a boat… You’re on a permanently moored pontoon on the outer Great Barrier Reef! Well welcome to Reefworld – …
To come face to face with a silver back gorilla in the wild, a trek in Uganda was in order!! To meet King Kong in person was always very high on our bucket list…. So we were stoked when we got to tick this off just before the world went into lock down. For the …
While on our East African overland adventure, we stopped at the Meserani Snake Park in Arusha. This was our base camp for the Ngorongoro crater and the mighty Serengeti!!!! Also did I mention we arrived here on New Years eve 🎉🎉??? So this is where we were to bring in the new year of 2020!! …
The Rock restaurant in Zanzibar is world renowned due to it’s unique location. As the name suggests, the restaurant is perched on top of a rock!… And if that wasn’t impressive enough said rock is positioned off the coast of Michamvi Pingwe beach. White sand and the Indian ocean surround The Rock When the tide’s …
This owl cafe in Osaka, Japan sure was hoot!! Now we have never seen an owl up this close and personal before.. So it was a pretty cool experience to have a drink with them. We saw lots of different animal cafes while traveling around Japan. There were the usual cat and dog cafes but …
Trekking through the impenterable forests of Uganda in search of the mountain gorilla is truly a bucket list experience. The only way you can see a mountain gorilla is by trekking the mountainous regions of Uganda, Rwanda or Congo. Mountain gorillas can not survive anywhere but their natural habitat So if think you have seen …
Seal Island is a small island off the coast of False Bay near Cape Town in South Africa. And it is only a short boat ride from the Bay. While we were waiting for the boat to arrive this guy was feeding a wild seal by putting a fish in his mouth and leaning off …
Let me tell you about the legend of the Piper Comanche plane wreck… Way back when I was in high school I remember hearing about a light plane that crashed in the forests of Mt Glorious, in Brisbane…. One day while having a beer or two, the story about the crashed plane came up again. …
